WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Bousquet Finca Lalande Malbec 2020, Mendoza, Argentina
£7.49 on offer, Waitrose This is Malbec with the succulent, ripe fruit typical of the grape variety in Argentina (all black cherry, plum...
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Sep 23, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Tanners Chilean Chardonnay 2020, Colchagua Valley
£8.95, Tanners Gratifying as it is to recommend exciting little-known wines, it can be equally satisfying to find really good,...
Sep 16, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: La Madone Gamay sur Volcan 2020, Côtes du Forez, France
£12.95–£16, The Wine Society, Haynes Hanson & Clark This is the kind of wine that gets pigeon-holed as a summer wine, usually as an...
Sep 9, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Freeman's Bay Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020, New Zealand
£6.49, Aldi After this year's biting spring frosts in Marlborough, there aren't going to be many New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs at this...
Sep 2, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Stellenrust Stellenbosch Manor Cinsault 2019, South Africa
£7.99 (on offer), Waitrose It hasn't come soon enough but Cinsault (or Cinsaut) has finally shed the label 'workhorse' that stalked it...
Aug 26, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rui Madeira Beyra Rosé 2020, Beira Interior, Portugal
£9.95, The Wine Society In the second of my two summer rosé roundups, I applauded the more interesting textures making rosés ever more...
Aug 19, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Lyme Bay Chardonnay 2017, England
£17.99, Majestic I don't know where I would have thought this was from if I was tasting it blind, but you can be pretty certain I...
Aug 12, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cedro do Noval Tinto 2018, Vinho Regional Duriense, Portugal
£19.99, Cellar Door Wines, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Street Wines; £69 for 6 en primeur, Tanners Wines An inviting, approachable but...
Aug 5, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rulendis Pinot Grigio 2019, Trentino Superiore, Italy
£14.50–£19.50, Aitken Wines, D Byrne, Sarah's Cellar, Corks & Cases, Kwoff, Blas Ar Fwyd, Chester Beer & Wine, Connolly's Wine Key to...
Jul 29, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Famille Lafage Miraflors Rosé 2020, Côtes Catalanes, France
£12.99–£13.95, Urban Grapes, Alteus Wine, Gourmet Hunters, Simply Wines Direct, All About Wine I tasted this Roussillon rosé for the...
Jul 22, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Familia Torres Purgatori 2017, Costers del Segre, Spain
£17.99–£19.95, Fine Wines Direct, Vinvm, Amazon I hardly need say that I wouldn't have chosen this if drinking it was like purgatory, but...
Jul 15, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: TerraNoble Gran Reserva Carignan 2018, Maule, Chile
£14.50, Vintage Cellars It's so good to see growers nurturing and valuing old Carignan vines, not just in Chile but in Lebanon and...
Jul 8, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Wolf & Woman Chenin Blanc 2019, Swartland, South Africa
£19.68, Justerini & Brooks You can pour this and drink it straightaway with pleasure, but it repays time in the glass handsomely....
Jul 1, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Society's Exhibition Langhe Nebbiolo 2018, Piedmont, Italy
£13.95, The Wine Society If you're about to move on because you think that Nebbiolo isn't a summer wine, please give me a moment. It's...
Jun 24, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Vendange Jacquère La Côte 2020, Savoie, France
£14.50, The Daily Drinker Bright, breezy and light as a feather, this is a delightful example of the Alpine purity and flavour of the...
Jun 17, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Summer Road Old Vine Grenache 2020, Riverland, Australia
£8.49, Waitrose Clear a space in your fridge for another chillable red this week – unoaked old-vine Grenache at its most engaging and...
Jun 10, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château du Hureau 'Tuffe' Saumur-Champigny 2018, France
£15.20, Tanners Wines In summer, drunk distinctly cool, red Saumur or Saumur-Champigny is vital. In winter it's an essential punctuation...
Jun 3, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Pazo Torrado Albariño 2020, Rías Baixas-Val do Salnés, Spain
£12.50–£13.50, The Grape & The Good, Cheers Wine Merchants, Guest Wines, Shaftesbury Wines, Talking Wines You can almost feel the breeze...
May 27, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Tio Pepe Fino En Rama 2021, Jerez, Spain
£14.99-£15.50, Amps Wine, Lea & Sandeman, Master of Malt, Tanners, The Wine Society, Majestic En rama sherry is all about drinking pale,...
May 20, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine J Boulon Beaujolais Vieilles Vignes 2019, France
£12, Haynes Hanson & Clark Vieilles Vignes are the key to the Boulon family's cracking Beaujolais, or certainly one of them. There's no...
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