Joelle Nebbe-Mornod lays down a challenge to national wine writers

Using social media is one thing, being interesting is another, says Jerry Lockspeiser

The message I heard being yelled at wine businesses more than any other this year was 'Wake up to Social Media'. For anyone interested in communicating with consumers it's got to be at the centre of company and brand marketing plans for 2014. Or has it?

Q&A with Wayne Falkenberg, chief winemaker, Lindeman's

We talk to Wayne Falkenberg who has been with Lindeman's for 38 years.

Concha y Toro looks to new recruits to help drive its growth strategy

Concha y Toro UK is going on a recruitment drive to bring key new people in to the company following a strategic review of the business.

Mike Paul on taking commercial education to the next level

A recurring theme at the recent Wine Vision Conference was that the wine industry needed to improve its marketing. We are too production oriented: we don't really understand the consumer. If we have heard it once we have heard it a thousand times and I'd be surprised if anyone in the room in fact disagreed with the message.

Q&A: Sebastian Zuccardi, head winemaker, Familia Zuccardi wines, Mendoza.

Robin Copesitck's Asian and Australia adventure: down time in Sri Lanka

For obvious reasons I couldn't wait to get out of Australia and despite a long journey including a nine hour stop over I was delighted to arrive in Sri Lanka and not have everyone ask me if I was enjoying the cricket.

Anna Greenhous on how sake can be an alternative Christmas drink

Sake may not be the most traditional of Christmas tipples, but it is really versatile. Here Anna Greenhous gives some recommended alternatives to your customers usual Christmas celebration drinks.

?Tanners: a national treasure

As Tanners Wine Merchants celebrates 170 years, Bernadette Costello talks to fourth generation James Tanner about its growth from regional merchant to national treasure

James Lawrence is more than convinced by the charm of Argentina on a trip to Mendoza

James Lawrence travels to the vineyards of Mendoza, on a mission to debunk the "one trick pony" cliché forever.

Mark Fiddes: why some celebs shift brands and others don't

Jean-Claude Van Damme demonstrating Volvo trucks = 60 million hits on You Tube.

COPY: Damien Wilson: five key lessons to be learnt from Wine Vision

Last month's Wine Vision event in London was a blur of wine sector celebrities, real-time market data, and strategic seeding of experts from other successful fields of business.

Damien Wilson: five key lessons to be learnt from Wine Vision

Discovering the wonders of Lebanon: An insider's view

Lebanon really should to be the sexiest wine-producing country in the world. No I'm not having one of those moments of misty-eyed sentimentality to which we Lebanese are often prone.

Jennifer Ah-Kin: on why it's so hard to get people to experiment with wine

"What's that you're drinking?"

Great Western Wine proves the pick of the south west

Meet the team behind bath-based Great Western Wine and hear how it's tailoring its offer for an ever-evolving market

?Q&A with Denis O'Flynn, UK managing director Pernod Ricard

As the trade braces itself for the most important time of the year, Helen Arnold looks back on 2013 with one of the biggest names in the industry

Q&A with Yann Prigent, head sommelier, Sign of the Don

?Carol Emmas talks to Yann Prigent, head sommelier of the new operation from the Don and Bleeding Heart group, the Sign of the Don.

Q&A with Yann Prigent, head sommelier, Sign of the Don

Carol Emmas talks to the Yann Prigent, head sommelier at Sign of the Don, which has opened on the site of the original Sandeman Port and Sherry cellar, alongside the original The Don  and Bleeding Heart restaurant and bars.

Chix & Buck Open The Wine Parlour in Brixton

Chix & Buck first started as a pop-up endeavour and now have a permanent shop and tasting room of their own in Brixton called The Wine Parlour, which opened in August this year.