La Conseillante: freshness, clarity and grace 1982–2011
The text of this article originally appeared in The World of Fine Wine, issue 53 A seated tasting of nine vintages of La Conseillante...
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Dec 20, 2017
Matching Wine to Goose
Goose has a reputation for being difficult to match to wine. I really don't think it is. I always roast a goose at Christmas and usually...
Dec 20, 2017
The Festive Sweet, Sticky and Fortified Guide
Sweet and fortified wines come into their own at this time of year – for entertaining, sipping quietly and contemplatively, or giving as...
Dec 19, 2017
The Festive White Wine Guide 2017
Sixteen dry whites to cover the festivities and all eventualities at prices from £7 to £48 and from the supermarket giants to small...
Dec 15, 2017
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2017
Twenty red wines to take you through all manner of festivities and in some cases festivities for years to come. As, always, they’re...
Dec 13, 2017
The Festive Champagne Guide 2017
So here they are: my Champagne picks for Christmas, New Year and every other kind of festivity, whittled down with difficulty to what I...
Dec 12, 2017
Antinori Guado al Tasso 1998–2011 and Matarrochio 2007–2011
This article originally appeared in The World of Fine Wine, issue 51 A tasting billed as a UK first is tempting by any standard, but when...
Dec 11, 2017
Festive fizz 2017: anything except Champagne
The first of the season's round-ups is sparkling wines – anything alcoholic and fizzy except Champagne (the Champagne round-up follows...
Oct 30, 2017
Le Top 100 and other Languedoc beauties
The Wine Gang recently joined forces with Sud de France and 50 wine lovers who’d snapped up all available tickets to spend an evening...
Sep 26, 2017
Incestuous vines: the curious case of the long lost – and now found – Sirica
One of the three huge old Sirica vines discovered in Taurasi Aglianico vineyards in 2005; a glass of Sirica 2014 So what do you know...
Sep 18, 2017
Age shall not wither them: 150-year-old Aglianico vines and a vertical tasting
Antonio Capaldi, president of Feudi di San Gregorio (left) with agronomist and CEO Pierpaolo Sirch; I wasn't the only one to photograph...
Sep 11, 2017
Krug's Champagne creations of 2004 (and others)
Olivier Krug was in town last week for the launch of the 2004 vintage Krug. Unsurprisingly, there wasn’t a spare seat in the house – a...
Sep 7, 2017
The best of Beaujolais: visiting some top producers in the crus
I've already written something of my trip to the crus of Beaujolais . Here, in photos and words, is more about the producers and the...
Aug 15, 2017
If I had a vineyard, it would be in...
Until a couple of weeks ago, I’d never seriously wanted a vineyard of my own, but I came back from a trip and found myself frenetically...
Jul 11, 2017
Assyrtiko steps out of Greece and into Australia
I like classic wines made from so-called noble grape varieties as much as anyone, but there’s a thrill of a different kind in wines that...
Jun 13, 2017
Growers' Champagne Month: top picks
In homage to Growers’ Champagne Month (June, in case you didn’t know), I’ve listed below some of the top names and am highlighting two...
Jun 7, 2017
To Spain for Lunch: Pazo de Señorans at El Celler de Can Roca
Clockwise from top left: Starfish made of seafood; Mackerel with fermented ganxet beans; White asparagus with mullet bottarga, vegetable...
May 27, 2017
English fizz recommendations for English Wine Week
To celebrate English wine week, running from Saturday 27 May to Sunday 4 June, I've chosen some top quality, Champagne-style sparkling...
May 15, 2017
Return of the Bollinger Lunch: James Bond and vintage Champagne surprises
The Bollinger Lunch was, as you can imagine, a rather nice fixture in the calendar until it was dropped a couple of years ago. Searching...
May 9, 2017
Weird and wonderful grape varieties
“Some of the wines are available in the UK; others are so rare it is unlikely that you will be able to find much literature on them,”...
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