I Tasted Italy in Eighteen Glasses
Eighteen Italian wine families, four vintages of Sassicaia and one cellar in Cologne. My notes from the Istituto Grandi Marchi masterclass at wineBANK Köln.
19 Free Wine Events in Europe: Open Cellar Days & Festivals (2026–2027)
Open cellar weekends, château open days and wine festivals across France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Spain. Dates, costs and how to plan your visit.
13 Free Online Wine Courses With Certificates (2026)
Wine education has a reputation for being expensive, and a classroom certificate course can easily run into hundreds of pounds, euros or dollars before you have opened a single bottle. What far fewer people realise is that many of the world's best-known wine regions run their own online schools and charge nothing for them.