WINE OF THE WEEK: Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2017, Stellenbosch, South Africa
£15.49–£18, Roberts & Speight, drinkfinder.co.uk, TheDrinkShop.com, winedirect.co.uk, Noble Green Wines The South African wine industry...
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Jul 29, 2020
Douloufakis Winery Dafnios Liatiko 2017, Dafnes, Crete
£14.50–£16.25, The Daily Drinker, Maltby & Greek, Strictly Wine Let's start by unpacking the name. This is a dry red wine made from the...
Jul 23, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rosa di Santa Tresa 2019, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£9.74, Majestic I shall be posting this summer’s rosé round-up soon, but another pink as Wine of the Week is well overdue, so here it is:...
Jul 16, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Plaimont Les Vignes Retrouvées 2017, Saint Mont, France
£8.95, The Wine Society I haven’t featured the 2017 vintage before, but Les Vignes Retrouvées is no stranger to this slot. Year in, year...
Jul 9, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: La Garnacha Salvaje del Moncayo 2018, Spain
£8.49, Majestic Maybe it's auto suggestion, but there's a lovely off-the-beaten-track mountain wildness (salvaje means wild) to this...
Jul 2, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Mar de Frades Albariño 2019, Rías Baixas, Spain
£18.29–£18.95, NY Wines (Cambridge), The Great Wine Co A chilled glass of Galician Albariño is the wine to have when you long to feel the...
Jun 25, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Ca' Viola Dolcetto d'Alba Vilot 2019, Piedmont, Italy
£15.50/£13.80, Haynes Hanson & Clark When Piemonte Dolcetto is as good as Ca' Viola Vilot, it's an absolute treat, living up to its name...
Jun 18, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Miguel Torres Cordillera Chardonnay 2018/19, Limarí Valley, Chile
£12.50–£14.50, Fareham Wine Cellar, Waitrose, Vinvm, Wadebridge Wines I don't normally do split vintages, but the 2018 and 2019 of this...
Jun 11, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château la Canorgue Rouge 2017, Luberon, France
£15.95, Yapp Brothers I wasn't planning to do another Provence red as Wine of the Week so soon, but I can't resist this and it's...
Jun 4, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Fidora Tenuta Civranetta Pinot Grigio 2019, Venezia, Italy
£8.58, Jascots Pinot Grigio has to work hard to earn itself a place as Wine of the Week. It's not that I don't like the grape variety. I...
May 28, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Vignelaure 2012, Coteaux d'Aix en Provence, France
£17, The Wine Society Château Vignelaure's red wine is an old favourite but one that I hadn't tasted for a few years. One of the things I...
May 21, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: ArmAs Voskehat 2018, Aragatsotn, Armenia
£15, The Daily Drinker, Fintry Wines, Noble Green Wines, North and South Wines I recommended a red from the ArmAs winery in my Festive...
May 14, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: d'Arenberg The Footbolt Shiraz 2017, McLaren Vale Australia
£12–£14.99, Tesco, The Wine Society, Great Western Wine, ND John, Winepig Unashamedly full-throated Aussie Shiraz from a family-owned and...
May 7, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: El Viaje de Ramón Garnacha Rosé 2019, Rioja, Spain
£7 (on offer), Co-op A pale, dry, easygoing rosé that should be a dream for anyone who loves both Provence rosé and Rioja. It's light on...
Apr 30, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Carignan 2018, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
£17–£21, Great Grog, WoodWinters, The Wriggly Tin Wine Company, Borough Wines Old vines, old winery – Lebanon's first commercial one in...
Apr 23, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine André Colonge et Fils Fleurie 2017, France
£15.20, Tanners Wines It's not just a beguiling name for a pretty wine. Good Fleurie has hidden depth, often ageing well for four or five...
Apr 16, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brokenwood Thompson's Road Hunter Valley Semillon 2018, Australia
£8.99/£9.99, Waitrose Hunter Valley Semillon isn't like Sémillon from anywhere else (and I'm not talking about the absence of the...
Apr 9, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Mourchon Séguret Tradition 2017, Séguret Côtes du Rhône, France
£14.99–£16.95, Averys of Bristol , Black Dog Wines (UK) I’m often surprised by the wines I find I haven’t featured here before. This...
Apr 2, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Doctors' Sauvignon Blanc 2019, Marlborough New Zealand
£8–£10, Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado, Booths The name of last week's wine of the week translated as "no fuss". This week it's The Doctors. It...
Mar 26, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Pas d'Histoires Le Rouge Syrah 2018, Pays d'Oc, France
£14, Red Squirrel Wine The name of this wine, "no fuss", may seem oddly inappropriate right now, but it's the kind of mellifluous,...
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