WINE OF THE WEEK: Luis Cañas Rioja Blanco Fermentado En Barrica 2016, Rioja, Spain
£12.50, Hennings Wine A vibrant, butter-smooth white Rioja that combines the best of tradition with a new-wave contemporary feel, from a...
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Nov 16, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Taste the Difference Barbaresco 2014, Piedmont, Italy
£11, Sainsbury's Barbaresco and bargain aren't words that usually go together, but £11 is a very good price for a Barbaresco of this...
Nov 9, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Philip Shaw The Architect Chardonnay 2015, Orange, Australia
£13.99, Rude Wines Does anyone still say they don’t like Chardonnay? I defy anyone not to be won over by this sophisticated, nimble...
Nov 2, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Seresin Rachel Pinot Noir 2012/2013, Marlborough, New Zealand
£22–£23, The Wine Society, Booths supermarkets I don’t normally do split vintages – i.e. recommend two at the same time – but 2012 and...
Oct 26, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Lismore The Age of Grace Viognier 2016, Cape South Coast, South Africa
£20, Oddbins and oddbins.com Dazzlingly good Viognier from a winemaking paradise in the foothills of spectacular mountains deep in the...
Oct 19, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Bel Colle Verduno Pelaverga 2016, Piedmont, Italy
£15.95, Jeroboams This red is sheer pleasure: not demanding, not challenging, just delicious. It’s pale garnet in colour, has a perfume...
Oct 12, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Avancia Cuvée O Godello 2016, Valdeorras, Spain
£16.99/£14.99, Majestic Godello grows in the far north west of Spain, like the better known Albariño, except that Godello's stronghold of...
Oct 5, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Paso-Primero 2016, Somontano, Spain
£8.50 (£7.50 on offer), Tanners Wines A Spanish wine made from Bordeaux grape varieties by a British couple. It’s either three-way vinous...
Sep 28, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Villa Blanche Terret Blanc 2016, Pays d'Oc, France
£8.49, Waitrose Terret Blanc is an ancient grape variety that has languished, unloved, in Languedoc for decades. It gets lobbed into...
Sep 21, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Miguel Torres Reserva de Pueblo 2014, Secano Interior, Chile
£6.99–£9.95, Dylans Wines, Roberts & Speight, Dennhöfer Wines, Fareham Wine Cellar, Noel Young Wines A supple, juicy Pinot Noir-like red...
Sep 14, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Alpha Box & Dice Golden Mullet Fury Semillon Viognier 2014, McLaren Vale, Aust
£14.95–£16.99, N D John, Drinkmonger, Kwoff You don’t need to see the brassy yellow colour of this wine or its label to know that it’s no...
Sep 7, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Running With Bulls South Australia Tempranillo 2014, Australia
£7.99, Co-op Running With Bulls is one of the new breed (excuse the pun) of Australian wines made from non-traditional grape varieties....
Aug 31, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Caves d'Esclans Whispering Angel 2016, Côtes de Provence, France
£16.99, Waitrose and independents I’m not letting summer go without another classic, pale rosé from Provence. This, appropriately, is...
Aug 24, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Le Fraghe Chelidon Rondinella 2015, Veneto, Italy
£12.50, The Wine Society It's easier than it used to be to find good light-bodied red wines, but even so this crystal-bright Veronese red...
Aug 17, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Swartland Winemaker's Collection Granite Rock Blend 2014, Swartland, South Afr
£9.29, Noel Young Wines It can't be that there's more granite than there used to be in the world, so either more growers and winemakers...
Aug 10, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Altano Douro Branco 2016, Douro, Portugal
£8.50, The Wine Society I’ve been following this delicious unoaked white from the outset and each vintage more than lives up to its...
Aug 3, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château-Thébaud Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Granit 2010, Loire, France
£14, Tanners Muscadet growers have been having a tough time of it in the last few years, with devastating frosts this year and last...
Jul 27, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Zorzal Eggo Malbec 2015, Guantallary, Mendoza, Argentina
£16, Marks & Spencer Eggs are quite a thing in wine nowadays. Not egg whites for fining red wines but large cement or concrete eggs for...
Jul 20, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Kyperounda Winery Petritis 2016, Pitsilia, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus
£15.40, Wineman.co.uk This week’s wine comes from the highest vineyards in Europe – rocky terraces at 1,400 metres above sea level in the...
Jul 13, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Finca Carelio Tempranillo Barrica 2014, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla
£7.99 in a 6-bottle mix This was so nearly a £15 red, but someone at the winery felt inspired to add some grapes from outside the...
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