South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has slapped a ban on the domestic sale of alcohol. This, plus the loss of wine tourism, threatens to cripple the wine industry, says Michael Fridjhon.
 

Cameron Diaz has just released a ‘clean’ wine and a debate has followed. Robert Joseph agrees with the critics. Up to a point.
 

Screwcaps and wine cans have offered consumers new and easier ways to get acquainted with wine. It’s time the Bag-in-Box got just as much respect, says Robert Joseph.
 

Virus flare-ups, tariffs, mass unemployment. While nobody can predict the future, the indicators are grim. Felicity Carter has some suggestions.

It’s been 15 years since the US Supreme Court voted to allow interstate wine sales. Yet out-of-state commerce is still stuck. Jeff Siegel asks why.

Many people were horrified to find out how many members of the US wine industry donated to the party of Trump. Wait a minute, says Robert Joseph
 

How will consumers react to back labels that list wine ingredients? A group of researchers went and asked them. Felicity Carter reports.

The pandemic has meant that only those with imagination will survive, says Robert Joseph.
 

There have been many calls for a certified definition of natural wine. Aaron Ayscough thinks people are asking for the impossible.

Hong Kong was one of the earliest metropolitan cities to be affected by the pandemic. Debra Meiburg MW looks at what happened to the wine trade.

When experts gathered to talk about the American wine market, the news was both sobering and surprisingly positive. Felicity Carter reports.

Russia’s wine market had begun to bubble once again – and then came the pandemic. Sergey Panov reports on what has happened since.

If major corporations begin to re-think their need for office space, the restaurants and bars of the big cities could be in trouble. Robert Joseph asks what this means for the on-trade wine scene.

Nothing seems to stir up as much passion as "influencers", particularly the Instagram variety. Robert Joseph asks why all the fuss – they do, after all, have a role to play.
 

Pauline Vicard from ARENI Global talks to international experts inside and outside the world of fine wine and looks at the impact of Covid-19.