wellbeing

Revealed: Why a glass of red wine can give some of us headaches

Some people get a headache within 30 minutes to three hours after indulging in one or two glasses of red wine.

21 November 2023

Explore

Moldova: A small country with a big passion for winemaking

In partnership with Moldova.travel

From its sprawling underground cellars to its gently rolling vineyards, Moldova’s wine regions have something for every oenophile. Our reporter Anca Ulea explores its culture and traditions.

21 November 2023

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Watch: Beaujolais Nouveau wine uncorked after midnight in Paris

It’s not a grand wine but Beaujolais Nouveau boasts an easy-to-drink-no-fuss attitude with a powerful marketing campaign worldwide.

16 November 2023

Food and Drink

Culture Re-View: How Beaujolais Nouveau day become a cause célèbre

16 November: Happy Beaujolais Nouveau day!

16 November 2023

Business

Beaujolais Nouveau: Bad wine, good for business?

The latest harvest’s first bottles of Beaujolais wine are sold from the third Thursday of November. The young and ‘new’ red wine had long suffered from a reputation of poor quality, but it has improved remarkably in recent years - without offsetting the festive side of the event.

16 November 2023

Partner content

Discover Moldova through its people, landscape and wines

Partner content presented by Wine of Moldova

To travel through Moldova is to journey into the heart of a winemaking country, a land of rolling hills, sun-drenched plains and an enviable climate tempered by the presence of the Black Sea.

10 November 2023

Destinations

The best of Britain: What to see and do in 2024

Visitors to Britain rarely have enough time to take in all its best bits. If they do manage to tour a palace, take afternoon tea, enjoy an ancient monument and whizz around even two of London’s museums, they’re doing well.

9 November 2023

Partner content

In celebration of the Moldovan winemaking tradition

Partner content presented by Wine of Moldova

Eastern Europe holds few sights to equal the underground labyrinth of Milestii Mici; 200 kilometres of streets dug out from limestone and traversed by electric cars and bicycles.

23 October 2023

Business

UK: Alcohol-free beverages to be labelled as ‘wine’

The UK government wants to water down wine in an effort to make consumers’ lives easier and favour the post-Brexit UK wine industry.

19 October 2023

Markets

France to take back wine-producing crown from Italy

Due to a drop in Italian wine production, France is set to become the world's leading producer for 2023.

10 October 2023

Ireland

A health labelling policy for alcohol in the EU?

Ireland will become the first country in the world to impose health labels on alcoholic drinks and it may prompt many European states to follow.

23 September 2023

Food and Drink

France overtakes Italy as world’s largest wine producer

Extreme weather conditions and fungal diseases have ravaged vineyards causing output to drop below 44 million hectolitres in 2023.

13 September 2023

Moments

Inside the Cypriot vineyards producing ‘the king of wines’

With its indigenous grape varieties and historic wine, Cyprus is an emerging wine destination. Here's how its wineries blend tradition and innovation.

2 September 2023

Climate

This popular European wine could be wiped out by climate change

Some of Europe’s favourite wines could be wiped out by climate change, experts have warned.

30 August 2023

Climate

This Scandinavian country could be the next big wine producer

Scandinavian wine could be the next big thing as unpredictable weather hits southern Europe.

21 August 2023

Ecotech

Vinsobres: The climate-resilient wine region with a green secret

This French winemaking commune utilises oak and olive trees to preserve biodiversity and mitigate climate impacts.

28 July 2023

Climate

Greek islanders worry the heat will hit tourism and wreck harvests

On Saturday, Greece faced its hottest July weekend in 50 years.

24 July 2023

wellbeing

Europeans are the world’s heaviest drinkers: How do countries compare?

Among the 10 countries that drink the most in the world, nine are in the EU. But there are big differences between nations.

30 June 2023

Destinations

I got a taste of Cappadocia’s millennia-old food traditions

Eating has historically been both a pleasure and a peril in Cappadocia.

27 June 2023

Earth News

The Austrian winemakers switching grapes to account for climate change

The effects of climate change are changing Austria's wine industry. Rising summer temperatures mean many wines are losing acidity and tasting less fresh. But some winemakers are hoping alternative grape varieties could save the day.

5 June 2023