The Madeira Wine Institute has created a novel scheme to help still wine production flourish on the island. Rui Falcão reports.

While white and sparkling wines from the Loire are selling well, Cabernet Franc suffers. Rebecca Gibb MW takes a look.

Sales of crémant should be exploding in line with demand for sparkling wine, but this isn’t always the case. James Lawrence asks why.

While some in the wine trade search for rational formulae, Roger Morris reports that simple logic is often simply wrong. Price is in the mind of the buyer, not the seller.

Vineyards worldwide are suffering from labour shortages. Rebecca Gibb MW looks at how one region is tackling the problem.

Despite severe restrictions on the dissemination of information about alcohol, Russia still has some influencers. Anton Moiseenko reports.

The world’s exporters are increasingly interested in the growing Polish wine market. Wojciech Bońkowski introduces the communicators connecting the public to wine.

Severe weather events linked to climate change are reminding producers that farming is not for the faint of heart. Roger Morris reports.

Should China adopt a Western lexicon of wine, or one forged by its own people? Jeni Port looks at the thorny issue of translation.