Below is a brief look at how elevation shapes wine’s aroma and taste profile and tasting notes on a selection of outstanding ...

Have you heard the one about Irish wine? Like its English counterpart, it is no longer a joke, with more than a dozen ...

There's nothing quite as satisfying as the refreshingly crisp, sweet, yet tart bite of a perfectly ripe grape. However, people don't talk about sour grapes for no reason — sometimes buying ...

Temperature has everything to do with how grapes mature, and therefore how a wine tastes. It's all about ripeness. Think of it this way. Burgundy is cooler than California, and that's one reason that ...

Winemakers in many of the world's traditional wine regions now have to guard against their grapes being too ripe because of higher temperatures As winemakers in the northern hemisphere continue to ...

The first grapes at Astley Vineyard in Stourport-on-Severn were planted in 1971. Owner Bev Haywood said there had since been an increase in unpredictable weather, making it harder to ripen grapes ...