- The best wine Substacks to add to your reading list
Some wine writing helps you choose a bottle. Some helps you understand the people drinking it. The most useful reading list has room for both.
- China is buying less wine. So why is it buying more from Serbia?
At Wine Vision Serbia, Asian buyers were already building markets for wines British merchants still regard as obscure.
- Wine is in structural decline. Are family wineries built to survive it?
The question is whether the family winery, often assumed to be the vulnerable part of the industry, might actually possess some of the characteristics that become more valuable as wine consumption declines.
- Brda: your customers’ next favourite white could come from somewhere they’ve never heard of
Goriška Brda, in western Slovenia, is a less familiar name on British wine lists. But if you enjoy discovering serious wines before everyone else starts talking about them, it deserves your attention.
- Ferdinand Harvest Report 2026
After one of the hottest growing seasons in recent memory, the story of the 2026 harvest is one of heat, lower yields and a native grape variety that seems remarkably well equipped to cope with both.
- Who really makes your wine? A buyer’s guide to wineries
The aim is to find bottles that earn their place in your range: wines customers enjoy, can understand and come back to buy again. Knowing the business behind them helps you make that choice with confidence.
- How familiar grapes can hide a region’s best wines
Why unfamiliar native grapes can give independent wine merchants something distinctive, memorable and genuinely worth selling.
- Why pay Golden Gate prices for wine?
The greatest bargains in wine are rarely found in the world’s most fashionable appellations.
- 5 wine books that might change how you think about wine
The more perspectives you bring to wine, the more interesting it becomes. These five books will not simply teach you about wine. They might just change the way you think about it.
- What the Bee Gees can teach us about sustainable wine
If you wanted to reduce wine’s carbon footprint, you might imagine you’d need to replant vineyards, install solar panels or convert to organic farming. In reality, one of the biggest wins is much simpler.
- London Wine Fair 2026: Where the opportunity now lies
Those who win over the next generation of wine drinkers will not simply defend the old categories.
- What Nelson Mandela teaches us about choosing wine
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
- How to choose better wine – Vol 1
How to be true to yourself when you pick wine, and other stories.
- What We’re Reading – 14th April 2026
The core tenets of the wine industry, like much else in 21st-century life, are shifting quickly.
- What We’re Reading – 30th March 2026
With the arrival of Tipchenitza Winery’s wines in the UK this week’s collection is focused…
Read more: What We’re Reading – 30th March 2026
Some wine writing helps you choose a bottle. Some helps you understand the people drinking it. The most useful reading list has room for both.
At Wine Vision Serbia, Asian buyers were already building markets for wines British merchants still regard as obscure.
The question is whether the family winery, often assumed to be the vulnerable part of the industry, might actually possess some of the characteristics that become more valuable as wine consumption declines.
Goriška Brda, in western Slovenia, is a less familiar name on British wine lists. But if you enjoy discovering serious wines before everyone else starts talking about them, it deserves your attention.
After one of the hottest growing seasons in recent memory, the story of the 2026 harvest is one of heat, lower yields and a native grape variety that seems remarkably well equipped to cope with both.
The aim is to find bottles that earn their place in your range: wines customers enjoy, can understand and come back to buy again. Knowing the business behind them helps you make that choice with confidence.
Why unfamiliar native grapes can give independent wine merchants something distinctive, memorable and genuinely worth selling.
The greatest bargains in wine are rarely found in the world’s most fashionable appellations.
The more perspectives you bring to wine, the more interesting it becomes. These five books will not simply teach you about wine. They might just change the way you think about it.
If you wanted to reduce wine’s carbon footprint, you might imagine you’d need to replant vineyards, install solar panels or convert to organic farming. In reality, one of the biggest wins is much simpler.
Those who win over the next generation of wine drinkers will not simply defend the old categories.
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
How to be true to yourself when you pick wine, and other stories.