April involved a week visiting the Rhône valley to report on their large biennial trade fair, as well as some time off for Easter - hence there were fewer articles published than normal - but plenty more in store.

• On JancisRobinson.com:

  • My Spittoon column asked whether you’d still drink wine if you knew it would kill you

  • Eight tasting notes in a collection of sparkling wines

• My regular column in Drinks Retailing News looked back at my memories of working at Majestic Wine

• My Living France column considered whether Beaujolais wines are really ‘vin de merde’

• … plus there were three posts here on my blog and four new episodes of the podcast, including special guests Phil Wang, Prue Leith and Johnny Wilkes.