Author Christine Austin

When we have so many excellent independents in our region it seems unnecessary to mention the huge number of mail-order wine selling operations based outside the county that would love to get a share of our...

Buying wine en primeur usually involves paying up front and waiting a couple of years before you actually receive the goods. You also have to buy by the case, or at least six bottles at a time. Now there is a...

As warmer spring weather at last shakes off the chill of winter, the most pressing thought of the weekend is whether the barbecue can be extracted from the shed without having to rearrange all the rakes and...

If part if your Easter celebration involves sitting around the table with family and friends then there is a strong chance that there is a joint of lamb in your fridge, waiting for tomorrow. I just love the...

The grey-haired lady engaging me in conversation at my old school reunion looked vaguely familiar but until I imagined the whole room dressed in green tunics and panama hats it wasn’t easy to remember who...

Think of New Zealand and you might just think of Sauvignon Blanc. After all, 70% of New Zealand’s wine is packed with those fresh, zippy, gooseberry-charged flavours that have made New Zealand Sauvignon the...

Mary Zurakowski opened the big doors of her family winery with a smile and a Kiwi accented ‘How are you?’ She and her husband Ian have lived in New Zealand for many years, although when we sat down and...

‘Normally we call this wine Syrah, but we are experimenting with putting Shiraz on the label for the latest shipment to the UK,’ said David Roper, winemaker at Villa Maria in New Zealand. ‘The wine is...

So what would you do if you were well into retirement age, and had owned and run one of Bordeaux’s most prestigious properties for 30 years? Then you decide to sell it, but being still active and keen to do...

How was January for you? Grey and chilly, with the occasional sprinkling of snow? Perhaps you should have joined the exodus that seems to happen each winter as Yorkshire folk board planes and head down to...