ITALY’S SECRET SAUCE
Adam Thomas2025-04-04T13:44:57+00:00Italy is making bold moves in the global wine industry, surpassing France in wine production and raising the question: what’s the country’s recipe for success? Kathleen Willcox reports
THE SOAVE BROTHERS
Adam Thomas2025-04-11T09:55:24+00:00In an ultra-modern winery near the medieval town of Soave, Nargess Banks meets Dario and Andrea Pieropan, the brothers perfecting the family tradition of producing innovative and precious organic white wines
WINE TRAILS: VERONA AND ITS SURROUNDS
Adam Thomas2025-04-04T13:51:42+00:00Known for its Valpolicella, Soave and Bardolino wines, Northern Italy’s Veneto region combines historical landmarks with some of the country’s best wines. Alessandra Piubello explores Verona, its surrounding vineyards, and the nearby shores of Lake Garda
CAPE CRUSADERS
Adam Thomas2025-04-01T08:19:07+00:00Brian Freedman turns the spotlight on South Africa and its flourishing wine industry, where dedicated winegrowers are creating highly localized expressions of the varied terroirs
BATTLE OF THE SOMMS
Adam Thomas2025-02-21T12:34:52+00:00One offers efficiency and accuracy; the other passion and curiosity. Who will win in the clash between AI and human sommeliers, asks Lawrence Ulrich
PITCH PERFECT
Adam Thomas2025-03-18T14:15:06+00:00What makes for the best restaurant soundtrack and what does this say about the place, the wine, the menu? Can it be too loud, too quiet, too generic, too exclusive, too experimental? Jason Barlow investigates the politics of the ideal score
THE ARCHITECTURE OF WINE
Adam Thomas2025-03-18T14:15:57+00:00Can architecture fundamentally alter our wine experience? Some of the world’s finest wineries believe that building design can, as Jonathan Bell takes a tour
MASTER CLASSES
Adam Thomas2025-01-11T20:58:51+00:00Nargess Banks investigates how young winemakers look to seasoned maestros for inspiration and guidance, perpetuating their hard-earned knowledge and techniques
THE FINER THINGS
Adam Thomas2025-03-18T14:20:21+00:00The concept of luxury is constantly shifting, explains Peter Yeung, as shown by the wealth of new high-end experiences in the world of hospitality and wine
WHERE THE ART IS
Adam Thomas2025-03-18T14:19:48+00:00Do unusual venues and experimental curations set culture free to be explored in new and exciting ways, and by a wider public? Nargess Banks investigates