Jane Anson looks ahead to the coming year and discovers that, after playing something of a second fiddle of late to the new-world upstarts, French wine is very much back on the menu

Jane Anson visits the cities renowned for their vino, and finds some ideal venues for a business meeting, with a chance to sample the local produce thrown into the bargain

Traditionally muscled out of the way by the ever-boisterous beer in the race to wash down Asian dishes, Jane Anson suggests grape instead of grain as the ideal accompaniment for everything from sushi to curry