As a new wine film – Uncorked – hits Netflix, we pick our five favourite wine films Sour Grapes: This documentary is a thrilling look into the underside of the world of wine, investigating how Rudy Kurniawan managed to fool so many with his fakes. (Suggested pre or post-reading here, as well as our full […]

As Rudy Kurniawan serves out his sentence, Sophie Thorpe reports on the new film documenting his story, Sour Grapes – the spellbinding tale of a connoisseur turned conman. Wine isn’t particularly sexy. Aside from the delicious way it makes you feel, it’s a nerd’s hobby – it’s basically geology, biology and chemistry. And a little […]