Corbières, in the Languedoc-Rousillon, has been described as a wild beauty, emanating natural power. But how will it sort out the issue of appellation? Adam Lechmere reports.
EU subsidies have encouraged vineyard expansion in Romania, says Dr Caroline Gilby MW. Now all those grapes are coming onto the market. What will this mean for Romania?
It’s difficult to make stable wine without SO2, says Dr Jamie Goode, and yet more and more winemakers are attempting to make sulfite-free wines. Why? And can it work?
The Chinese government is backing efforts to expand the wine sector, explains Jim Boyce, seeing it as a partner in holding back the desert. This has allowed Ningxia to develop rapidly and dynamically.
The extraordinary success of Beaujolais Nouveau proved a double-edged sword for the region, creating an image that Beaujolais has struggled to change. Wink Lorch reports.
Bulgaria was once one of the biggest wine exporters in the world. But when communism collapsed, so did the wine industry. Dr Stephen Quinn looks at the quest for an export renaissance.
Burgenland produces high quality, interesting wines – in red. The challenge is to get consumers to understand that Austria produces more than white. By James Lawrence.
It’s got a wine-growing history that dates back to the Roman world. It’s got more than 220 authorised grape varieties over 55,000 hectares of vineyards, and it’s one of the most exciting wine-growing countries in Europe.
