Dom Pérignon 2000: the art and mystery of P1, P2 and Rosé Champagne
Dom Pérignon 2000, P2, P1 and P1 Rosé and winemaker Vincent Chaperon in London Dom Pérignon has just launched its P2 2000 Champagne. I...
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Apr 18, 2017
Visionary Australian wines: The Wine Society's Blind Spot range
The Wine Society's Blind Spot Pinot Noir was my Wine of the Week recently, but it was hard to choose just one from the new range, so I...
Apr 15, 2017
Wines to Pair with Chocolate – how to make it work
This an updated post from last year – wines, vintages and prices updated. Chocolate can be a tricky customer when it comes to matching...
Apr 12, 2017
Ten Years On: tasting top Bordeaux 2007
Fruitless it may be, but I couldn’t help speculating recently how the 2007 Bordeaux red wines would have turned out if this vintage had...
Mar 15, 2017
Wine with Food: what to drink with pork
Pork dishes in four Michelin starred restaurants (clockwise from top left): Duke of Berkshire barbecued pork ribeye, baked potato, sorrel...
Mar 7, 2017
The Year they Tried to Erase: 1956 Tokaji
Two bottles of rare, museum collection Tokaji Aszú were opened in London last week. I was one of a handful of tasters Revolutionary...
Mar 1, 2017
Credit Where Credit is Due: Hawke's Bay's stellar Chardonnays and a debt to Australia
Hawke's Bay is producing stellar Chardonnays, some from vineyards within spitting distance of the Pacific Ocean. Left and centre above,...
Feb 17, 2017
Girls' Night: who'd have thought it...
As I sat on the train reading up about the dinner I was heading for at Northcote in Lancashire, a Michelin-starred restaurant and AA...
Feb 10, 2017
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2014
Aubert de Villaine, director and co-proprietor of DRC, at Corney & Barrow's London HQ for the tasting The wines were tasted at Corney &...
Feb 10, 2017
Romance in a Wine Bottle
There's no harm in serving up vinous clichés, as long as they're good. These are: two pink Champagnes and two reds that will have your...
Jan 11, 2017
Giving German Pinot Noir some more love
I made the point in last week's Wine of the Week that Germany has never been short of red wines. More than one third of its vineyards are...
Jan 9, 2017
Beaujolais: The Comeback Kid
The famous windmill that gave its name to Moulin-à-Vent, one of the ten crus of Beaujolais I was slightly wary of showing a Beaujolais to...
Dec 20, 2016
The Festive Fortified Wine Guide
Fortified wines are the perfect, relaxing wines to sip when life moves into the slow lane in the evenings and over the festive period....
Dec 19, 2016
What to Drink with Goose? It's easier than you think
People overestimate the difficulty of matching wine to roast goose. I really don't think it's tricky. I do goose at Christmas every year...
Dec 16, 2016
The Festive White Wine Guide 2016
A round-up of white wines – dry first, then sweet – to cover the festive season, whether it's a quiet night in, basic crowd control, or...
Dec 14, 2016
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2016
Updated 15 December to take in a Christmas offer price in the Co-op – £5 off its Chateauneuf-du-Pape A round-up of red wines of all...
Dec 9, 2016
The Festive Champagne Guide 2016
December 29, 2016: prices and stockists updated. I’m writing this a few days after The Wine Gang’s 2016 Ultimate Champagne Evening, so...
Dec 6, 2016
Christmas Fizz: anything but Champagne
The first of this year’s festive round-ups is sparkling wines – any kind of alcoholic fizz except Champagne (Champagne will follow)....
Nov 29, 2016
A £12 Wine You Can Age For Two Decades
Grapes for Amarone drying on traditional bamboo trays After visiting Valpolicella last month, I was going to write about the current...
Nov 2, 2016
Give Muscadet Some Love: five wines to try
Post updated with more recommendations and more about the crus communaux on 11 November 2016 Muscadet has been having a tough time of it...
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