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WINE OF THE WEEK: Mayu Gran Reserva Pinot Noir 2022, Valle de Elqui, Chile

Pinot Noir is a useful red wine to have around over the festive period, not least because it usually suits white wine drinkers too

Dec 12

WINE OF THE WEEK: Finest Floréal 2023, Vin de France

This white wine is a delight – breezy, bright, light and rounded with a plume of grass, gooseberry, floral, citrus and white peach.

Dec 5

WINE OF THE WEEK: Masi Campofiorin 2020, Rosso Verona, Italy

This versatile, festive Italian red wine can be drunk this Christmas or any time over the next five years

Nov 28

The Festive Champagne and Sparkling Wine Guide 2024

Find exquisite Champagnes and sparkling wines to enjoy throughout the festive season in my Champagne and Sparkling Wine Guide

Nov 28

WINE OF THE WEEK: Cortese Vanedda Bianco 2021, Terre Siciliane, Italy

This alluring, richly textured, complex and very individual dry wine was inspired by the way white wines were made in the past

Nov 27

The Festive White, Orange and Rosé Wine Guide 2024

Delicious white, rosé and orange wines for the festive season in all styles and at all prices to suit every occasion

Nov 21

The Festive Red Wine Guide 2024

Red wines for the festive season in all styles, regions, grape varieties and prices to cover all occasions

Nov 21

WINE OF THE WEEK: Bolgrad Select Saperavi 2023, Odesa, Ukraine

This very good Ukrainian Saperavi goes very well with wintery daubes and casseroles

Nov 14

WINE OF THE WEEK: Susana Balbo, Signature White Blend 2022, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina

If you’re looking for a really interesting and unusual bottle to give to a wine lover, your search ends here.

Nov 7

WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Foretal Juliénas 2023, Juliénas, Beaujolais, France

One of the things I love about Gamay wines in general, and the Beaujolais Crus above all, is how well they go with food

Oct 31

WINE OF THE WEEK: Barbadillo Pastora Manzanilla Pasada En Rama, Jerez, Spain

Next week is Sherry Week, but I would be recommending this dazzling Manzanilla Pasada whatever the week

Oct 24

WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Mourchon Grande Réserve 2020, Séguret Côtes du Rhône Villages, France

The wines of Domaine de Mourchon are deep coloured, generous and powerful, but they also have purity, focus and energy

Oct 23

Exciting Italian Red Wines from Marchesi Alfieri, Rocche Costamagna and Castello di Vicarello

Tasting notes with food pairings for seven notable wines from two estates in Piedmont and one in Tuscany

Oct 17

WINE OF THE WEEK: Argyrakis Áti white, Imathia, Macedonia, Greece

A delicious, distinctive, dry white wine from northern Greece with a perfume of roses and Turkish delight

Oct 10

WINE OF THE WEEK: Toro Loco Superior 2023, Utiel-Requena, Spain

This is the kind of good, honest red wine that comes in useful for parties or when you just need to open a bottle without ceremony

Oct 3

WINE OF THE WEEK: Ventisquero Grey Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Valle de Atacama, Chile

This wonderfully expressive, distinctive Sauvignon Blanc has a depth of flavour to keep up the interest in any season.

Oct 2

Oregon Wining and Dining at Cliveden: a Phelps Creek Wine-Pairing Dinner in Berkshire

We were at Cliveden for an exciting Oregon wine dinner, six courses paired with Phelps Creek Vineyards Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and others

Sep 26

WINE OF THE WEEK: Le Moulin Rose de Malescasse 2020, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France

The blend of the Moulin Rose 2020 – a very good vintage – is more or less equal parts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot

Sep 19

WINE OF THE WEEK: Pazo de Lusco Albariño 2023, Rías Baixas, Spain

The white grape variety Albariño is better known to the world’s wine drinkers than the Spanish region from which it comes

Sep 12

WINE OF THE WEEK: Pigeoulet Vaucluse 2022, Pays de Vaucluse, Rhône, France

I could argue the case for this being a summer, winter, spring or autumn wine. It’s one of those red wines that seems to suit all seasons