Wine dinners — where importer and restaurant collaborate to showcase a particular range of wines — are often great fun and very good value too.

WITH spring lamb coming into season, now’s the time to consider what to put with it.

I once heard one of Chile’s most illustrious winemakers, Aurelio Montes, affectionately refer to the pinot noir grape as being like his teenage offspring: full of potential for a great future — but a royal pain to deal with right now.