The Festive Red Wine Guide 2024
Red wines for the festive season in all styles, regions, grape varieties and prices to cover all occasions
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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
Sep 5
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Jones Les Parcelles Vieilles Vignes Blanc 2022, Vin de France
This is one of two new wines from Katie Jones in Languedoc-Roussillon, one white (this one) and one orange, both made in tiny quantities.
Aug 29
WINE OF THE WEEK: Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2019, Rioja, Spain
Tasting this Rioja a couple of months ago reminded me just how consistently good some of the world’s most familiar wines are
Aug 22
Prime Time for Pink: 22 Rosés to See Out Summer 2024
Summer was late coming this year and so is my round-up rosés, but here it is, new wines and new vintages of old favourites, blazing a trail
Aug 22
WINE OF THE WEEK: Waitrose Loved & Found Cerceal 2023, Dão, Portugal
This crisp, dry Portuguese white is an ideal wine to see you through to the end of the summer season
Aug 15
WINE OF THE WEEK: Wave Crest Mount Benson Shiraz 2022, Mount Benson, Australia
This is a pure, fresh, cool-climate style of Aussie Shiraz, with enticing raspberry and white pepper flavours
Aug 8
WINE OF THE WEEK: Esporão Monte Velho 2022, Alentejano, Portugal
This Portuguese red wine hits the holiday mood by delivering a whole lot of pleasure and an equal amount of character.
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