Tim Atkin MW: Rioja's future lies in diversity, not uniformity

The poster in Vivanco's Museum of Wine Culture said it all. It was first published in 2001, but it looked much older than that.

Tim Atkin MW: What will happen to brand Brangelina?

You can always rely on the wine trade to show a sense of perspective. As Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie prepare to eviscerate one another in the divorce courts, no doubt damaging the lives of their six children in the process, the question on everyone's lips is: what's going to happen to Château Miraval?

Tim Atkin MW: The impossible task of running a generic body

Tim Atkin MW looks at the challenges of running a generic body and how producers may often times have unrealistic expectations of a single person or job.

Tim Atkin MW: Embracing change and pushing boundaries

Liks so many industries the wine world is in flux and Tim Atkin challenges that may not be a bad thing.

Tim Atkin: What will an EU exit mean for the wine trade?

What will Brexit mean for the wine business? In the traumatic week that has followed the referendum and the decision of 52% of voters to leave the European Union, the very question has seemed increasingly, almost fatuously, irrelevant.

Tim Atkin MW: Where does Spain fit in the battle for wine supremacy?

Tim Atkin takes a look at Spanish terrior and where Spanish wines fit in the hieracrchy for supermacy as a top wine producing country.

Analysis: Burgundy's best buys

With Burgundy prices edging ever upwards, supply short and demand on a high, Tim Atkin MW looks at canny buys.

Tim Atkin MW: The health of wine on the UK high street

Failing the emergence of a last-minute saviour, BHS looks set to slide into administration this week, joining a list of major high street casualties that includes Comet, Woolworths and JJB Sports.

Tim Atkin MW: Let's talk climate change

You don't have to be meteorologist to appreciate that something very unusual is happening to the world's weather right now.

Tim Atkin MW: wising up to en primeur

You might not have noticed, but the annual Bordeaux en primeur campaign is almost upon us.

Tim Atkin MW: The story of the world's highest vineyard

In his wonderful book BAD: Or, the Dumbing of America, the late Paul Fussell developed a theory about altitude: the higher the restaurant, the worse the food.

Tim Atkin MW: Debating the merits of terroir

"Soil is dirt." I'm sure the Californian producer Bill Jekel was being deliberately provocative when he entered into a well-publicised debate about terroir with Bruno Prats of Château Cos d'Estournel at the end of the 1980s, but he was also articulating a position that was widely held in the New World at the time.

Tim Atkin MW: The battle over inheritance in Burgundy

Tim Atkin MW weighs in on the battle over inheritance in Burgundy and how it is tough for families where some want to sell and others want to carry on the family tradition.

Tim Atkin MW: Has Alberto Antonini opted to lead rather than follow the market?

Tim Atkin asks whether Alberto Antonini has decided to break away from more traditional styles of wine defined by the likes of Michel Rolland and to forge his own path.

Tim Atkin MW: Young winemakers behind South Africa's "golden" age of wine

When was the last time you entered a wine tasting through a record shop?

Tim Atkin MW: Rioja revolución

Tim Atkin MW takes a look at the current battle brewing in Rioja over regionality label regulations.

Tim Atkin MW: Swartland versus Stellenbosch

When the 400 tickets for this year's Swartland Revolution went on sale earlier this summer, they sold out within two minutes. It's the Wild West of wine.

Tim Atkin MW: The quality and diversity of Georgia

Tim Atkin MW: The hard work for Priorat wine pioneers

The village of Bellmunt del Priorat has its very own mining museum, a tribute to a time when lead was more important than grapes to the economy of this wild and isolated corner of Catalonia.

Tim Atkin MW: To spray or not to spray?

Tim Atkin MW takes a closer look at the current court case against Nuits-Saint-Georges' Thibault Liger-Belair.