Some top-notch bottles from Carte Blanche Wines

The London beer bars embracing Australian ales

Annual wine report paints a gloomy picture

10 years ago, you could tell an Aussie Chardonnay from a Burgundy at 20 paces, but nowadays, with much more linear wines from Down Under it’s not so easy. Clinton Cawood mixes things up and asks a team of trembling tasters for their thoughts

Team East London triumphed in last night's 42Below Cocktail World Cup final at Floripa

Merchant to sell directly to on-trade and independents

Mission Estate outpoints Lafite, Latour and Margaux

Sparkling Wine & Champagne: Under £14

While the kick-out rate was high, the wines left at the end served as a blunt reminder to sub-standard also-rans of just how good the pink stuff can be

No Golds, but plenty of positive feedback. A good hunting ground for those of you who ‘do’ esoteric on your list

Food Match Awards

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

Riesling is making itself at home in more and more countries, but where is it performing best? Clinton Cawood joins an eager sommelier panel for a top-notch tasting that pits Old World against New World and some acknowledged masters against hungry, young upstarts

The Sommelier Wine Awards doesn’t give out trophies per category because we’re worried that tasters will feel under pressure to dispense extra awards in categories where they may not believe the wines are up to it. Instead, in keeping with the whole ethos of the competition, we leave the judgement up to the sommeliers…

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