While the world has gone crazy for sparkling wine, Franciacorta’s sparkling wine remains a niche product. James Lawrence looks at its plans to drive growth.

Berry Bros & Rudd has been an integral part of the British wine trade since the seventeenth century. Yet it’s their ability to grasp the future before others that is the secret to their longevity. Adam Lechmere pays them a visit.

An interview with Florence Cathiard by Robert Joseph

Professional communicators are now a vital part of the wine industry, connecting producers with the media. Robert Joseph talks to the public relations professionals to see how they do it.

The wine trade is missing an opportunity by not speaking to digital natives in their own language, says the founder of Wine Folly. She explains the art of wine analogy to Felicity Carter.

The Russian market was thrown into turmoil after the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the subsequent devaluation of the ruble. Anton Moiseenko identifies the major players – both new and established – of Russia’s wine trade.

Their wines stunned the world when they not only came trumps at the famous Berlin tasting, but they continued to triumph at such tastings thereafter. Adam Lechmere visits Errazuriz in Chile.

Inflation may be rampant and the currency may be fluctuating, but Brazilian consumers are continuing their love affair with wine. Christian Burgos looks at the past year and identifies the winners and losers.

Chicago’s world-renowned culinary landscape has been altered by innovative chefs who have highlighted regional specificity, sustainability and the craft movement, and the city’s wine professionals are eating it up. It’s a wine scene that requires practitioners to balance classics with the undiscovered, remaining alert to culinary and consumer trends and bringing the passion and creativity to present it all in fresh and intelligent ways. Chicagoans are lucky to have an abundance of such wine professionals. Scott Saunders speaks with five of them.