WE have received from a correspondent in South Africa some details of the long-dreaded appearance of the Phylloxera in the vineyards of the Cape Colony. As long ago as 1880 the importation of ...

However, the vines had an unwelcome visitor: Phylloxera — a type of aphid. These are essentially aphids that attack a grapevine. These didn’t exist in Europe, apparently and grapes from the ...

Andrew Caillard is aghast. In his ­recently published history of Australian wine, The Australian Ark, the former fine wine auctioneer tells the untold tales behind some of the country’s oldest working ...