The recent International Pinot Noir Celebration on the Mornington Peninsula was the event of the year for Australian pinot lovers. If you missed out, you can sample some of this year's Top 10 from Taste Food and Wine 2009.

Some wines are harmonious, some wines are not and this is not something a winemaker has any control over. Winemaker Frederic Mugnier, of Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier in Burgundy, says purity is built into the grapes already »

Legislation before the French parliament to ban cellar door and promotional wine tastings has been overturned.

Méthode Traditionnelle – it's the magic of how Champagne is made, and it's a convoluted, painstaking process that transforms an insipidly austere and undrinkable acidic juice into the most celebrated beverage in the world. In this extract from The Champagne Guide Tyson Stelzer explains the extraordinary process that creates the wonder that is Champagne »

The Dentelles de Montmirail – the first in a series on the villages that nestle around the Dentelles: Gigondas