New World Shiraz was one of the hottest sections in this year’s Sommelier Wine Awards. Chris Losh talks to judges and sommeliers to find out the secrets of the category’s success

Windswept and low-lying, with chilly nights, Patagonia is very different from Mendoza. And as Tom Cannavan discovers, its cool climate is, not just good for penguins, but for Pinot Noir too

A round-table discussion between top UK sommeliers and owners of cru classé Bordeaux about how their region is perceived threw up plenty for the French to think about. Chris Losh takes a look at an evening that put the chat into château

Scented, flavoursome and adorned with beautiful flowers, herbs are an essential ingredient for any cocktail list this summer. Alice Lascelles digs deep...

New World winemakers love Syrah, so it was a surprise to find such scepticism among our sommelier tasters beforehand. But was there foundation for their fears? Clinton Cawood reports

Everyone knows it for its fancy first growths, but can Bordeaux deliver where it matters most to restaurants? A team of West Country sommeliers joined Imbibe’s Chris Losh to put a flight of sub-£20 clarets to the test

There’s more to Malbec’s food matching potential than just steak…

Which style of Chianti is best with food, those with international grapes, or those that are 100% Italian? Chris Losh joins a team of tasters to put Italy’s best-known to the test

Bold, spicy and all-American? Or over-alcoholic, overblown and over here? Louis Villard enlists the help of a team of sommeliers, and takes advice from San Franciscans, to get to the bottom of the Zinfandel enigma

Chile’s growers are moving ever closer to the Pacific Ocean in search of wines that offer elegance as well as ripeness. Louis Villard joined a crack team of sommelier tasters to put the country’s new cool-climate credentials to the test

Our four sommeliers select the food and wine matches from their trip that really set the Argentine heather alight. David Williams reports

At the end of July, Imbibe teamed up with Burgundy négociant Joseph Drouhin to run a masterclass for some of the country’s top sommeliers. Chris Losh went along in the hope of a free glass of Montrachet

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

With its powerful flavours and love of chilli, Indian food is about the hardest to match with wine. But could Carmenère be your ‘one size fits all’ solution? Chris Losh joins a team of tasters to find out

Previously known for its bulk wine production, there are now wine producers in the arid wastes of San Juan with loftier ambitions