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Wine & Dine
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Welcome to Wine & Dine, the six-part video series in which we attend dinner parties and match a wonderful selection of wines with mouthwatering food
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Wine Essentials
Raising a glass to organic wine
Would organic, even biodynamic cultivation be better than using pesticides and chemical fertilisers?
The proof is in the tasting
The subject of alcohol is increasingly high profile, not to mention contentious, and it warrants attention
Bordeaux, Burgundy and...Kent?
Kent and other regions in the UK are giving French vineyards a run for their money
Wine etiquette
These two words are enough to strike dread, confusion and panic into the hearts of even the hardiest drinker
Seal of approval
Is cork still the ultimate wine seal? Peter Richards profiles the alternatives vying for the closure crown
Where wine is produced
From Australia to Chile, Spain to South Africa, we look at the world's top wine-producing countries
Grape varieties
One key factor in determining how a wine will taste is the grape variety from which it is made
Vintage wine
Vintage wine is a very specific thing. That is, the produce of a single wine harvest in a specific year
Dean Martin
You haven't drunk too much wine if you can still lie on the floor without holding on
Articles from the Vault
Champagne vs sparkling
If you can't afford the real McCoy, why not try serving an English sparkling wine instead?
The attack over a question of taste
The world’s most influential wine critic has never even tasted some of the wines upon which he comments, according to allegations by his former assistant
Modern morals
Two friends come to dinner, one bringing an average wine and the other an excellent claret. Whose do we start first?
Pulp friction reinvigorates wine industry
Forget skin peels for eternal youth - try a regenerating grape pulp wrap or immerse yourself in a barrel of wine
Table talk
It is 30 years since Abigail’s Party definitively skewered the middle classes. Here are the new rules for budding Beverlys
A corker of a sale if you like a tipple
Virginia Blackburn raises a glass to 300 years of wine-related accessories
Welcome to Wine & Dine, the six-part weekly video series in which we attend dinner parties and match a wonderful selection of wines with mouthwatering food
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