Features

Georgia’s moment

As the wine world discovers natural wine, Georgia’s ancient wine culture is attracting attention. Darrel Joseph visits Khakheti, one of its biggest wine regions.

Amazon and the wine trade

Amazon has made several forays into selling wine in its online store. Now on its third attempt, it’s using everything from personal sommelier advisers in Japan, to encouraging other businesses, like Laithwaite’s, to list on its site, to entice consumers to buy their wine from Amazon. Will Amazon kill the wine retail business, the way it’s killed so many other specialties? 

Our senior editorial team go head-to-head on the issue.

A Hong Kong institution

As Hong Kong’s wine consumers become more sophisticated, Watson’s Wine banks on reinforcing storefront trust. By Panos Kakaviatos and Robert Joseph. 

How to market wine to men

In the rush to bring women into wine, the wine trade has overlooked an important group – young men. But now, reports Felicity Carter, the big companies are paying attention.

Italy’s border region

Alto Adige sits at the intersection of the Alps, and the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, and while the nationality is Italian, the language is German. Adam Lechmere samples the wines.

On the block

A look into the window of one of the US’s most notable wine bars reveals a new business model. Scott Saunders pays The Butcher Shop a visit.

Wines from the edge

As Marina Mayevska, managing editor of Ukraine’s Drinks+ magazine, reports, Europe’s easternmost wine regions have been through tumultuous times.

Tales of Tannat

The red variety Tannat not only has an unusually thick skin, it’s also widely travelled. Robert Joseph charts its journey.

The return of the corkscrew

New technical innovations by cork manufacturers, combined with consumer demand from new exports markets, is seeing a return to cork closures. Robert Joseph reports.