Over the past decade, certain French wine regions, including Bordeaux and Burgundy, have seen late frosts destroy budding vines, stopping the vintage before it has emerged for affected growers.

Vintage charts summarize the quality and character of wines from a particular region for each individual vintage—the year in which the grapes were grown and harvested. Based on ratings of a wide range ...

French and Italian police say they have broken up an international fraud ring that was passing poor quality bottles of wine off as vintages worth up to €15,000 (£12,500) each. Six people ...