The sun is shining and there's an invitation to a barbecue. But what wines best accompany meats cooked over an open fire? Peter F May has some suggestions.

A trip to the wine shop provides a surprise to Peter F May and he ponders on his purchases and the bargains available in French wines

The glossary looks at that you that you might encounter at tastings and winery visits, including Lees, Killer Yeast, Malo MLF and Malolactic Fermentation, Meritage, Micro-oxygenation, and Natural Wine.

Wine, like many interests and business, has a language of its own. This growing glossary explains terms in common usage at tastings and winery visits. Peter F May explains the meanings of drip irrigation, dry, dryland farmed, en primeur, enzymes, futures, green harvest, guyot and hybrid.

If you are wondering what kinds of food to serve at a wine tasting, Peter F May has some ideas.

A comic artist spends a year learning how to grow and make wine with a small artisanal wine farmer whose wines score 90+ Parker points. The result is this charming graphic book of naturalistic drawings, says Peter F May.

Wine, like many interests and business, has a language of its own. The following entry in our expanding glossary explains terms in common usage at tastings and winery visits from Cover Crops to Disgorgement

Wine, like many interests and business, has a language of its own. The following entry in our expanding glossary explains terms in common usage at tastings and winery visits from Claret to Cold Stabilisation.

Wine, like many interests and business, has a language of its own. The following entry in our expanding glossary explains terms in common usage at tastings and winery visits from Brut to Chateau.

In 'Would Jesus Drink?' Joel McDurmon takes to task those who interpret the bible as forbidding alcohol. Using bible references he demolishes the arguments of the prohibitionists and shows God wants man to enjoy wine, beer and strong spirits in moderation.