WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Saint Gayan Sablet L'Oratory 2021, Sablet Côtes du Rhône Villages, France
£15.25, Yapp Brothers If you thought Sablet was a red wine, you would be right. Most of the time. Nine in ten bottles is red, but 10% of...
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Apr 20, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Mandrarossa Cartagho 2018/19, Sicilia, Italy
£18.20–£24.50, Tannico, Vinvm, XtraWine, Shelved Wine, Hic! Wine Merchants, Eton Vintners I don't often do split vintages, but these...
Apr 13, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Heggies Vineyard Cloudline Chardonnay 2022, Eden Valley, Australia
£13, Co-op With a name like Cloudline, there are no prizes for guessing that this wine comes from high up. At 500m in the Eden Valley,...
Apr 6, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Beronia Rioja Crianza Tempranillo 2019, Rioja, Spain
£10.99–£12, Majestic, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Amazon, Ocado It’s more than six years since I last recommended a Beronia Rioja here, so...
Mar 30, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Carvalho Martins Golpe Douro Branco 2021, Douro, Portugal
£13.50, Tanners This recent discovery by Tanners is a gem: a textured, dry white wine with crystalline acidity, a riveting smoky, mineral...
Mar 23, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Les Argelières Pinot Noir Grande Cuvée 2021, Pays d'Oc, France
£9.49, House of Townend I thought that naming this Grande Cuvée might be a bit over the top, but it turns out to be an impressive French...
Mar 16, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Katie Jones Les Vignes Cachées 2021, Vin de France
£15.99, Naked Wines Another winner from the inspiring, indomitable saviour of unloved and old vines, Katie Jones of Domaine Jones in the...
Mar 9, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: L'Arène des Anges Costières de Nîmes 2021, Rhône, France
£8.49, Waitrose This is just the kind of comfortingly generous, young Southern French red to put a spring in your step, especially when...
Mar 2, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Dugladze Ranina Mukuzani Saperavi 2016, Mukuzani, Kakheti, Georgia
£14.50, Amathus Drinks Georgia's iconic, dark-skinned Saperavi grape has a reputation for giving strapping, inky red wine with muscular...
Feb 23, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cambria Katherine's Vineyard Chardonnay 2019, Santa Maria Valley, California, US
£22.99, Majestic Californian and US wines generally are infrequent visitors to this page, not because I don't appreciate them but because...
Feb 16, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Arbousset Tavel 2021, Rhône, France
£12, Tesco Tavel in the southern Rhône is France's only appellation (AOC) to produce rosé exclusively and it's never afraid to be bold in...
Feb 9, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Gertie Cabernet Franc 2021, Clare Valley, Australia
£24.99, Nicholson's Wines It's not pink, it not fizz and it's not Saint Amour – sighs of relief all round? Actually, I'm a sucker for...
Feb 2, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Lions de Suduiraut Blanc Sec 2021, Bordeaux, France
£19.95, Cambridge Wine Merchants White Bordeaux has never really established an identity that’s captured hearts and minds like white...
Jan 26, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine des Marrans Fleurie Lieu-dit 'Champagne' 2019, Fleurie, France
£19.50, Tanners; £21.11, Quality Wines Somerset Fleurie is supposed to be the most perfumed of the 10 Beaujolais Crus and this wine...
Jan 19, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz 2020/2021, Coonawarra, Australia
£11.99/£14.99, Majestic It's gratifying to be able to say that had I been tasting either of these vintages blind I'm sure I would have...
Jan 12, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Yealands Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Marlborough, New Zealand
£11, Sainsbury's; M&S and Waitrose soon I always step out of the season of festive indulgence into the new year wanting this kind of dry...
Jan 5, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Porcupine Ridge Shiraz 2021, Swartland, South Africa
£5.99 (on offer) Waitrose, £6.50 (on offer) Sainsbury's This plush, generous Cape Shiraz is good value at its full price of £8.49 and a...
Dec 22, 2022
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rustenberg Wild Ferment Unwooded Chardonnay 2022, Stellenbosch, South Africa
£12, Tesco If you’re faced with someone who thinks Christmas isn’t Christmas without Chablis, someone else who always chooses southern...
Dec 15, 2022
WINE OF THE WEEK: Vinos en Voz Baja Costumbres 2020, Rioja Oriental, Spain
£16, The Wine Society This tiny production Rioja, made predominantly from old-vine Garnacha, is both new-wave and traditional: new in...
Dec 8, 2022
WINE OF THE WEEK: Quinta do Noval Late Bottled Vintage Port 2016, Portugal
£19.95–£26.75, Master of Malt, Cheers, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Ocado, Bon Coeur Fine Wines, Oddbins Never mind saving this until...
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