Jul 19, 2023Prime Time for Pink: Rosés for Summer 2023Update, August 3 I've just added two more southern French rosés: Alaina, which is new to me, although its producer, Laurent Miquel,...
Sep 29, 2022WINE OF THE WEEK: Ken Forrester The Misfits Cinsault 2021, Western Cape, South Africa £9, Tesco A light, limber red that's as full of character as it is of joie de vivre – silky and supple with perfumed, sweet red-berry...
Nov 4, 2021WINE OF THE WEEK: Musar Jeune Red 2019, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon £11, Booths supermarkets; £12.50–£14.95, many independents* This is Chateau Musar's third red wine, a fruity, unoaked blend of Cinsault,...
Sep 2, 2021WINE 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...
May 13, 2020A Pit Stop with Pedro Parra in ChileThe genie in the pit: Pedro Parra in one of thousands of soil pits (calicatas) he has dug, but this one is special: it's amid vines in...
Nov 8, 2018WINE OF THE WEEK: Craven Cinsault 2017, Stellenbosch, South Africa£21.50–£22, Berry Bros & Rudd, Philglas & Swiggot, The Old Bridge Wine Shop If ever there was proof that warm climates can produce...