There is plenty of wine between London and Bilbao and we sniffed a little as we went past

The Burgundy crop of 2016 was badly damaged by frost so we ventured further south in search of the Rhône, the sun and, as it turned out, the wind

The wines of South West France are quite mysterious and hard to find in September

The growers were depressed by the weather, English football fans were depressed as normal but buying wine was as fun as ever

2016 was a frost and it's putting the squeeze on the supply of 2015 wines but we managed to snaffle a few