In the first of a new series, wine buffs reflect on their favourite regions. This week, Mick O’Connell reveals how and why he fell in love with Burgundy

The Business Post’s wine and spirits correspondent, who died last week, was a warm and entertaining man who wore his knowledge lightly, and shared it generously

One of the Business Post‘s longest-serving contributors, Clancy had an encyclopaedic knowledge of wine and was loved by readers and colleagues

For those moments when you just want something tried and tested, this is a guide to the world‘s top ten wine regions

The craftsmanship that goes into barrel-making is as annually cyclical as winemaking itself

Wine and food combinations, whether they be chocolate, lamb or cake, are purely subjective, so feel free to go with what works for you

For both sustainability and good-business reasons, transporting wine in barrels and decanting it locally is an idea that is finally having its day in the sun

It has a modest reputation outside its own borders, but Greek wine is an interesting beast due to the country’s singular geography

We think of Greece as the birthplace of culture – so why is Greek wine culture, with its many fine and ambitious local grapes and makers, not on our radar?

The phylloxera plague swept across Europe and beyond in the 1860s, ruining almost all vineyards. Does its tale have a moral for us today?

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The story of German wine is being wrongly told, with too much emphasis on slickness: time to get back to the basics

For all its variety of viniculture, the region is often unjustly pigeonholed to just two names and one grape

Wine acquires its depth and character thanks to the triple ageing process: the ageing of the vine, ageing through fermentation, and ageing in the bottle

As climate change begins to alter the known wine landscape, the ancient wines of the high Alpine regions will become more readily accessible to wine drinkers

If you have, or can conjure, the right temperature – and you have the room – storing a few bottles of your favourites so that they’re always on hand is one of life’s great delights

As people shun the synthetic and search for something real, natural wine is a growing phenomenon – but its earliest defenders now have concerns

For many years a source of generously-priced and exceedingly drinkable wines, this stretch of central France is poised to have its moment in the sun

From climate change to trade wars, wine will be directly affected by this year’s big issues