Historians tell us that wine – some of it white, some of it red – has been with us since 6000BC. In Ancient Greece, Hippocrates – their equivalent of the TV doctor – prescribed “vinous white wine” to his patients, presumably as an accompaniment to a light fish dish.
Nowadays, white wine is produced and enjoyed throughout the world. But what’s the best? What should we be looking out for? And which of the millions of bottles of still white wine produced each year deserve our attention?
