Halfway through what for many is a month with no alcohol, Devil's Advocate Robert Joseph considers why a period of abstinence could be a good strategy for members of the wine industry. And not just in January.

Reading time: 2m 30s

According to a widely-quoted saying, 'If you go on doing what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got'. Robert Joseph suggests that, nowadays, the return may not even be that good - and outlines some of the ways wine businesses may change this year.

Reading time: 4m 30s

Robert Joseph swaps his horns for antlers and shares a few thoughts about how to approach wine over the holiday weekend.

Reading time: 2m 30s

It started with engineering cat milk. Now, there are non-alcoholic beer and wine options for your furry friends. And it’s all very profitable. There’s a lesson for wine in this.

Reading time: 3m 30s

Robert Joseph wonders if the attention surrounding the new Netflix documentary may lead to 'royal' wine hitting the headlines, or maybe even the shelves...

Reading time: 1m 25s

Robert Joseph looks beyond the financially attractive top Grands Crus Classés, at the far less successful mass of Bordeaux and its sub-appellations where large swathes of vines are due to be uprooted.

Reading time: 5m

A brief, wry note penned by Robert Joseph, while simultaneously watching England play Wales in the World Cup and idly following an online argument about wine closures.

Reading time: 35s

There are moves to bring dealcoholised wine into the same legislation as conventional wine, and big brand owners are introducing zero-alc versions of their existing ones. Robert Joseph wonders if this is wise for the wine sector in general.

Reading time: 2m 45s

Responding to some of the feedback to his recent piece on the challenges facing wine producers looking to reduce the weight of their bottles, Robert Joseph wonders whether the focus on the carbon footprint of heavy packaging is not, in any case, distracting the wine industry's attention from some of its other environmentally-unfriendly activities.

Reading time: 2m 45s