Features

Taking a virtual winery tour

Rebecca Gibb MW looks at the emergence of virtual reality and how it can be used to enhance the wine experience.

I am Tribidrag

High science, DNA detection, and international cooperation have brought a varietal called Tribidrag into production, as Simon Woolf reports.

One in a million

There are some 100,000 identifiably different wine labels on sale in the US – a huge range. China has ten times as many. Yes, you read that correctly. 

Column - Robert Joseph

Vintage en primeur

En primeur is one of the biggest fixtures on the European calendar. Rebecca Gibb MW explains how it all works.

Italy’s natural producers

Italy has some of the most important producers of natural wine. Michèle Shah looks at the structure they work within.

Unlocking biodynamic wines

Biodynamic wines are both admired and controversial. Felicity Carter pays a visit to Odinstal to see biodynamics first hand.

The price of organic conversion

Consultant Monty Waldin looks at the benefits of going organic or biodynamic, and calculates the costs involved.