Prosecco is an Italian sparkling wine that has been made for millennia. But where did it originate? And who first wrote about Prosecco?

How and why did a bit of tree bark start being used for closing wine bottles? And who was the first person to think it was a good idea?

The world’s first vintage champagne was made in 1810, just outside the city of Reims in northeastern France, by a bright, bold, business-savvy trailblazing widow (‘veuve’ in French) called Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, forever immortalised as Veuve Clicquot.

Pink champagne has always been a rare and refined treat, oozing sophistication and glamour. But who was the first to invent it and why?

Ice wine (Eiswein in German) is a type of dessert wine that can only be produced in teeth-chatteringly cold climates