The Journal

News, stories, events and knowledge from the world of wine.

News

News Old Vine Photography Competition Names Its First Winners The inaugural Old Vine Photography Competition crowned winners from Australia, Bolivia and Spain, spotlighting wine's oldest vineyards. News Freemark Abbey Opens Its Library to London for a Rare Vertical Tasting Napa's Freemark Abbey brings thirty years of back vintages to a London tasting next week, opening a rarely seen library. News Drinks Business Green Awards 2026 Opens for Entries Entries open for the Drinks Business Green Awards 2026, ahead of a new one-day sustainability forum and November ceremony.

Events

Events Europe's Harvest Festival Season: A Guide From Montmartre's harvest parade to St. Martin's Day feasts, Europe's autumn wine festivals are worth planning a trip around. Events Open Cellar Days: The Friendliest Way to Meet a Region's Winemakers Open cellar weekends let you walk into dozens of family wineries in one day, no appointment needed. Here is how to do it right. Events How to Do a Wine Fair as a Regular Visitor Public wine fairs are friendlier than they look. How to taste widely, spit without embarrassment, and talk to the person pouring.

Winery Stories

Winery Story Cricova: The Wine City Under Moldova Streets named after wines, carved from an old limestone mine: inside Cricova, Moldova's underground wine city and national symbol. Winery Story Santo Wines: Grapes Grown in a Volcano's Shadow On Santorini's volcanic ash, vines are woven into low baskets against the wind. Santo Wines shows what that land can do.

Knowledge

Knowledge Which Country Has the Most Wineries Per Person? What 46,396 mapped wineries reveal about winery density per capita, and why Austria currently leads. Knowledge A Traveller's Dictionary of the Cellar Door Cellar door, Weingut, quinta, bodega, domaine: a global glossary for wine poured by the person who made it. Knowledge Five Grapes That Tell You Where You Are Assyrtiko, Grüner Veltliner, Furmint, Saperavi and Malbec: five grapes that reveal exactly where you are.