South African winemaker announces new initiative to encourage female representation in the wine industry

Ken Forrester creates an exclusive Chenin for the London-based restaurant

Over 1,500 wines can be boiled down to this: the hallowed Sommelier Wine Awards Gold List for 2011...

With screwcaps to the fore, the quality of the whites (particularly) and the reds here was amazing for the price. Rosé was another matter entirely

Stellenbosch producer Spier is pulling out of the supermarket sector in early 2010, in favour of an aggressive push into the on-trade with a ‘restructured and extended’ portfolio. It will continue to supply specialist independent wholesalers.

Pete Gottgens has made zebra samosas for Mandela, owns Europe’s most northerly vineyard and serves only South African wine on his 200-bin list. Tom Bruce-Gardyne travels to Loch Tay to share a glass of Chenin at the award-winning Ardeonaig

In the second of our three-part series on the basics of food and wine-matching, Hakkasan’s wine buyer Christine Parkinson tells us how to go about pairing wines with meat