Wine Features

Falstaff takes a closer look at the Western Australian region, where sustainable farming practices make its elegant Cabernet Sauvignons even better.

In the second part of his travelogue, our author has made it down to Central Otago – Pinot heaven. Could it be the setting for his new novel?

For more than 90 years the rich, famous and beautiful have flocked to this tiny place in Venice. But Harry's Bar is far more than just an institution.

Austria’s favourite grape variety might be a tongue-twister for non-German speakers but it now thrives in places as far-flung as California and New Zealand. Falstaff finds out why.

In our Dry Extract mini-interview feature we ask top professionals in the world of wine, food and travel to answer 13 deceptively simple questions in a quick-fire fashion.

Marion and Manfred Ebner-Ebenauer produce excellent wines from ancient vines in Poysdorf in Austria's Weinviertel. Falstaff awards the couple 'Winemakers of the Year 2022'.

Rex Pickett reports from his New Zealand road trip, where he is writing his fourth 'Sideways' novel after a 10-year hiatus. He has just arrived...on Friday the 13th.

Langham Wine Estate may just have more than doubled its vineyard area, but this Dorset estate is far keener to draw attention to a dramatic, ambitious quality shift.

The launch of the latest vintage of Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque Blanc de Blancs from 2012, prompted the Champagne house to present an entire vertical of the wine, back to 1993.

What was supposed to be an exploration of Chilean Pinot Noir turned into "a journey into a Conradian heart of darkness” — until Rex Pickett caught a glimpse of a remote vineyard.

In our Dry Extract mini-interview feature we ask top professionals in the world of wine, food and travel to answer 13 deceptively simple questions in a quick-fire fashion.

Great Southern & Margaret River in Australia's southwest corner are home to some bracing Rieslings, and some vibrant expressions of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.

Kanonkop from Stellenbosch, South Africa, assembled an inaugural complete vertical of every vintage of Black Label Pinotage ever made. Falstaff got to taste the line-up.

Decanting allows the wine to breathe, they say. In the case of fine Burgundy, however, this could lead to the wine taking its last breath – possibly even without an audience.

In our Dry Extract mini-interview feature we ask top professionals in the world of wine, food and travel to answer 13 deceptively simple questions in a quick-fire fashion.