50 best summer wines for 2017

Drinks for a barbecue, a posh dinner – or just something to uncork on a lazy sunny afternoon? Here are the perfect choices for every budget

The 20 best wines for summer

What’s the perfect white or rosé to go with grilled fish? Where can you get a bargain red or fizz for the barbecue? Observer Food Monthly guides you through the season

For wine producers, small is beautiful – but big is useful

Size isn’t everything in a vineyard – but it matters

The OFM 50: what we love about the world of food in 2016

From Heston Blumenthal’s sweet shop to the policeman turned pie-maker, here (in no particular order) are 50 of Observer Food Monthly’s favourite things

French wine in crisis? That’s good news for small producers

Quality in France is more widely available than ever, with many of the best wines from unheralded regions