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Wine is never just wine.

An online wine magazine. Meet the people, discover the places and understand what makes wine so fascinating.

Online wine magazine. Meet the people, discover the places and understand what makes wine so fascinating.

Online wine magazine.

Meet the people, discover the places and understand what makes wine so fascinating.

Wine is a conversation. Black-and-white editorial illustration of a woman holding grapes above her face. Read When Did Wine Become So Serious?
Wine is a conversation. A woman eating grapes.
Wine is a conversation. Black-and-white editorial illustration of a woman holding grapes above her face. Read When Did Wine Become So Serious?
Close-up of dark grapes covered in frost crystals, with a torn electric-blue paper collage across the lower left corner.

Niagara. The Lucky Grapes.

Land
01 / 01
Close-up of dark grapes covered in frost crystals, with a torn electric-blue paper collage across the lower left corner.

Niagara. The Lucky Grapes.

Land
01 / 01
Conceptual collage of Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon with a glass of sparkling Champagne, gold foil and pink ribbons, exploring the myth of Champagne's invention.

Dom Pérignon Has a Few Corrections.

People
01 / 01
Conceptual collage of Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon with a glass of sparkling Champagne, gold foil and pink ribbons, exploring the myth of Champagne's invention.

Dom Pérignon Has a Few Corrections.

People
01 / 01
Colour gradient from pale chalk white through golden amber to dark mahogany, illustrating the range of Sherry wine colours in Jerez, Spain.

Jerez. A Study in Colour.

Land
01 / 01
Colour gradient from pale chalk white through golden amber to dark mahogany, illustrating the range of Sherry wine colours in Jerez, Spain.

Jerez. A Study in Colour.

Land
01 / 01
Minimalist illustration of a seated nude figure drawn in fine black lines on a pale background, referencing the controversial Balthus artwork for Château Mouton Rothschild's 1993 wine label.

The Wine Label That Went Blank.

Ideas
01 / 01
Minimalist illustration of a seated nude figure drawn in fine black lines on a pale background, referencing the controversial Balthus artwork for Château Mouton Rothschild's 1993 wine label.

The Wine Label That Went Blank.

Ideas
01 / 01
AI-generated aerial-style illustration inspired by La Geria, Lanzarote, with green vines in dark volcanic hollows bordered by curved stone walls.

Lanzarote. Who Designed This?

Land
01 / 01
AI-generated aerial-style illustration inspired by La Geria, Lanzarote, with green vines in dark volcanic hollows bordered by curved stone walls.

Lanzarote. Who Designed This?

Land
01 / 01
Split editorial collage of a Paris wine tasting room and a Napa Valley vineyard, illustrating the 1976 Judgment of Paris organised by Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher.

Steven Spurrier & Patricia Gallagher. The Question Nobody Thought to Ask.

People
01 / 01
Split editorial collage of a Paris wine tasting room and a Napa Valley vineyard, illustrating the 1976 Judgment of Paris organised by Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher.

Steven Spurrier & Patricia Gallagher. The Question Nobody Thought to Ask.

People
01 / 01
Editorial composition of a glass of Bollinger Special Cuvée Champagne beside an Enoteca wine shop photograph, accompanying a personal tasting note inspired by Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Bollinger Special Cuvée. Natasha's First Ball.

Ideas
01 / 01
Editorial composition of a glass of Bollinger Special Cuvée Champagne beside an Enoteca wine shop photograph, accompanying a personal tasting note inspired by Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Bollinger Special Cuvée. Natasha's First Ball.

Ideas
01 / 01
Editorial illustration of a rugby player holding a rosé wine bottle, representing Gérard Bertrand's transition from professional rugby to winemaking in Languedoc, France.

Gérard Bertrand. The Life His Father Left Behind.

People
01 / 01
Editorial illustration of a rugby player holding a rosé wine bottle, representing Gérard Bertrand's transition from professional rugby to winemaking in Languedoc, France.

Gérard Bertrand. The Life His Father Left Behind.

People
01 / 01
Bold typographic editorial collage featuring wine tasting descriptors blackcurrant, wood, cherry, leather and mineral, questioning prescriptive wine tasting vocabulary and wine snobbery.

Please Stop Telling Me What I’m Supposed to Taste.

Ideas
01 / 01
Bold typographic editorial collage featuring wine tasting descriptors blackcurrant, wood, cherry, leather and mineral, questioning prescriptive wine tasting vocabulary and wine snobbery.

Please Stop Telling Me What I’m Supposed to Taste.

Ideas
01 / 01
Editorial collage of dark grapes overlapping bold black YOICHI lettering on a pale blue background.

Yoichi. Where Japan Grows Pinot Noir.

Land
01 / 01
Editorial collage of dark grapes overlapping bold black YOICHI lettering on a pale blue background.

Yoichi. Where Japan Grows Pinot Noir.

Land
01 / 01
Conceptual illustration of a corkscrew pulling out a long, unravelled strip of paper, symbolising the investigation of counterfeit wine bottles associated with Maureen Downey's work.

Maureen Downey. Bad News in a Bottle.

People
01 / 01
Conceptual illustration of a corkscrew pulling out a long, unravelled strip of paper, symbolising the investigation of counterfeit wine bottles associated with Maureen Downey's work.

Maureen Downey. Bad News in a Bottle.

People
01 / 01
Conceptual illustration representing Burgundy winemaker Lalou Bize-Leroy tasting red wine, surrounded by cobalt blue brushstrokes and a symbolic gold crown.

Lalou Bize-Leroy. The Woman Who Let the Wine Speak.

People
01 / 01
Conceptual illustration representing Burgundy winemaker Lalou Bize-Leroy tasting red wine, surrounded by cobalt blue brushstrokes and a symbolic gold crown.

Lalou Bize-Leroy. The Woman Who Let the Wine Speak.

People
01 / 01
Editorial landscape illustration of terraced mountain vineyards and a tree-trained grapevine, representing traditional viticulture in Meskheti, southern Georgia.

Mountains Decide When Grapes Ripen.

Land
01 / 01
Editorial landscape illustration of terraced mountain vineyards and a tree-trained grapevine, representing traditional viticulture in Meskheti, southern Georgia.

Mountains Decide When Grapes Ripen.

Land
01 / 01
Editorial illustration of two men walking through a vineyard, reflecting Timo Mayer's winemaking legacy at Bloody Hill in Australia's Yarra Valley.

Timo Mayer. Other Plans.

People
01 / 01
Editorial illustration of two men walking through a vineyard, reflecting Timo Mayer's winemaking legacy at Bloody Hill in Australia's Yarra Valley.

Timo Mayer. Other Plans.

People
01 / 01
Conceptual editorial photograph of friends laughing and drinking wine around a candlelit dinner table, contrasting convivial wine culture with formal tasting rules and ratings.

When Did Wine Become So Serious?

Ideas
01 / 01
Conceptual editorial photograph of friends laughing and drinking wine around a candlelit dinner table, contrasting convivial wine culture with formal tasting rules and ratings.

When Did Wine Become So Serious?

Ideas
01 / 01
Editorial illustration of a winemaker beside oak barrels, representing Didier Dagueneau's winemaking in Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley.

Didier Dagueneau. The man who refused the obvious.

People
01 / 01
Editorial illustration of a winemaker beside oak barrels, representing Didier Dagueneau's winemaking in Pouilly-Fumé, Loire Valley.

Didier Dagueneau. The man who refused the obvious.

People
01 / 01
Photograph of a Peter Lehmann Wigan Riesling bottle from Australia's Eden Valley beside a glass of white wine, accompanying a personal story about an unexpected pairing with herring.

Riesling, Herring and the Pairing I Didn’t Expect.

Ideas
01 / 01
Photograph of a Peter Lehmann Wigan Riesling bottle from Australia's Eden Valley beside a glass of white wine, accompanying a personal story about an unexpected pairing with herring.

Riesling, Herring and the Pairing I Didn’t Expect.

Ideas
01 / 01
Four glasses of white wine on an open tasting notebook labelled lemon, green apple, smoke and too sour, illustrating differences in wine aroma perception and tasting vocabulary.

Why Do We Taste the Same Wine Differently?

Ideas
01 / 01
Four glasses of white wine on an open tasting notebook labelled lemon, green apple, smoke and too sour, illustrating differences in wine aroma perception and tasting vocabulary.

Why Do We Taste the Same Wine Differently?

Ideas
01 / 01
Editorial collage combining a group discussing wine with a vineyard worker, illustrating Comando G and the revival of old Garnacha vines in Spain's Sierra de Gredos.

The New Generation of Gredos.

People
01 / 01
Editorial collage combining a group discussing wine with a vineyard worker, illustrating Comando G and the revival of old Garnacha vines in Spain's Sierra de Gredos.

The New Generation of Gredos.

People
01 / 01
Editorial photograph of sunlight and leaf shadows falling across a table beside a glass of white wine, introducing a guide to personal preferences for acidity in wine.

How Much Acidity Do You Like?

Ideas
01 / 01
Editorial photograph of sunlight and leaf shadows falling across a table beside a glass of white wine, introducing a guide to personal preferences for acidity in wine.

How Much Acidity Do You Like?

Ideas
01 / 01
Abstract editorial collage of red wine stains, torn paper and handwritten typography questioning the meaning of natural wine and its distinction from organic and biodynamic production.

Who Gets to Call It Natural?

Ideas
01 / 01
Abstract editorial collage of red wine stains, torn paper and handwritten typography questioning the meaning of natural wine and its distinction from organic and biodynamic production.

Who Gets to Call It Natural?

Ideas
01 / 01
An empty dinner table with wine stains, crumbs and used glasses on a linen tablecloth, illustrating the aftermath of a conversation over wine and the idea of in vino veritas.

What Remains After the Wine Is Gone?

Ideas
01 / 01
An empty dinner table with wine stains, crumbs and used glasses on a linen tablecloth, illustrating the aftermath of a conversation over wine and the idea of in vino veritas.

What Remains After the Wine Is Gone?

Ideas
01 / 01
Conceptual collage of a dark flint stone beside a person's nose and lips, exploring perceptions of smoky minerality in Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc.

Silex, Seduction, and Sancerre.

Land
01 / 01
Conceptual collage of a dark flint stone beside a person's nose and lips, exploring perceptions of smoky minerality in Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc.

Silex, Seduction, and Sancerre.

Land
01 / 01
Gnarled trunk of an old grapevine with an orange barcode valuation tag, symbolising the economic pressures facing historic Garnacha vineyards in Sierra de Gredos, Spain.

Old vines. Why keep them?

Land
01 / 01
Gnarled trunk of an old grapevine with an orange barcode valuation tag, symbolising the economic pressures facing historic Garnacha vineyards in Sierra de Gredos, Spain.

Old vines. Why keep them?

Land
01 / 01
Editorial drawing of two people facing one another against a pink background, accompanying a story about differences in wine perception.

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DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
DIFFERENT
PALATE.

Same

curiosity.

Editorial drawing of two people facing one another against a pink background, accompanying a story about differences in wine perception.

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DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
DIFFERENT
PALATE.

Same

curiosity.

Editorial drawing of two people facing one another against a pink background, accompanying a story about differences in wine perception.

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DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
DIFFERENT
PALATE.

Same

curiosity.

05 / PEOPLE

05 / PEOPLE

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OLD MOUNTAINS.
NEW VOICES.

OLD MOUNTAINS.
NEW VOICES.

THE NEW
GENERATION OF GREDOS

THE NEW
GENERATION OF GREDOS

THE NEW
GENERATION OF GREDOS

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06 / FIND YOUR PALATE

06 / FIND YOUR PALATE

ACIDITY

ACIDITY

How much do you actually like?

Everyone says it.

Nobody agrees on what it means.

One question. Three directions to explore.

Everyone says it.

Nobody agrees on what it means.

Not tasting notes. Context notes

Not tasting notes. Context notes

Not tasting notes. Context notes

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07 / MEMORY

WHAT REMAINS AFTER THE WINE IS GONE?

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07 / MEMORY

WHAT REMAINS AFTER THE WINE IS GONE?

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07 / MEMORY

WHAT REMAINS AFTER THE

WINE IS GONE?

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WHO GETS
TO CALL IT
NATURAL?

WHO GETS
TO CALL IT
NATURAL?

08 / IDEAS

08 / IDEAS

WHO GETS TO CALL IT

NATURAL?

Conceptual still life of a green olive on a fork above folded linen, casting a long shadow.

09 / FIELD NOTE

WHAT WE ATE.
WHAT WE DRANK.
WHAT STAYED.

Notes from tables,

bars and
places .

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Conceptual still life of a green olive on a fork above folded linen, casting a long shadow.

09 / FIELD NOTE

WHAT WE ATE.
WHAT WE DRANK.
WHAT STAYED.

Notes from tables, bars and
places worth remembering.

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Conceptual still life of a green olive on a fork above folded linen, casting a long shadow.

09 / FIELD NOTE

WHAT WE ATE.
WHAT WE DRANK.
WHAT STAYED.

Notes from tables,

bars and
places .

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