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WINE OF THE WEEK: Cortese Orange-utan 2023, Bianco Terre Siciliane, Italy
This is proper orange wine – bone dry, firmly structured, crisp, and full of juicy apricot and orange marmalade fruit
Mar 20


WINE OF THE WEEK: Cum Vineis Sclavis Schiava 2022, Trentino, Italy
This buoyantly fruity, fresh, dry north Italian red wine has a spring in its step and is a good choice for Valentine's Day
Feb 13

WINE OF THE WEEK: Cantina La Vis Ritratti Pinot Grigio 2022, Trentino, Italy
If Italian Pinot Grigio is the sort of white wine you normally pass by, stay with me because there's another kind: Pinot Grigio with flavour
Jan 23


WINE OF THE WEEK: Masi Campofiorin 2020, Rosso Verona, Italy
This versatile, festive Italian red wine can be drunk this Christmas or any time over the next five years
Dec 5, 2024


WINE OF THE WEEK: Cortese Vanedda Bianco 2021, Terre Siciliane, Italy
This alluring, richly textured, complex and very individual dry wine was inspired by the way white wines were made in the past
Nov 28, 2024


Exciting Italian Red Wines from Marchesi Alfieri, Rocche Costamagna and Castello di Vicarello
Tasting notes with food pairings for seven notable wines from two estates in Piedmont and one in Tuscany
Oct 23, 2024


Prime Time for Pink: 22 Rosés to See Out Summer 2024
Summer was late coming this year and so is my round-up rosés, but here it is, new wines and new vintages of old favourites, blazing a trail
Aug 22, 2024


WINE OF THE WEEK: Villa Cafaggio Chianti Classico 2021, Italy
A great value, food-friendly Chianti Classico from an organic estate in the heart of the region
Jun 13, 2024


WINE OF THE WEEK: Remastered Sangiovese 2022, Romagna, Italy
When I want an easygoing, inexpensive Italian red wine, I'll go for this Remastered Sangiovese from Romagna
May 9, 2024


Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino 2010–2019 – Three Vintages of the Century and Counting
To celebrate the international release of the Poggio di Sotto’s 2019 Brunello, winemaker Leonardo Berti hosted a vertical tasting in London
Apr 30, 2024


WINE OF THE WEEK: Mainente Vigna Cengelle Soave 2022, Italy
£12.50, Stone,Vine & Sun If you think of Soave as, at best, an inoffensive dry white wine that you can safely ignore except when the only...
Dec 14, 2023


High-flying, High-altitude Italian Wines
Vineyards protected by cold northern winds at Tenuta San Leonardo, Italy's answer to elegant, first-growth Bordeaux When I chose the 14...
Nov 15, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Querciabella Ardalico Chianti Classico 2020, Italy
£19.99, Waitrose This very pretty, fruit-forward, young Chianti Classico is named after Ardalico, a character in the epic novel Orlando...
Nov 9, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Tedeschi Capitel San Rocco Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2019, Veneto, Italy
£16.99–£23.70, Roberts & Speight, Fareham Wine Cellar, Tannico UK, Vinvm, Village Wines, York Wines, Wine Utopia I could happily drink...
Oct 12, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Santa Tresa Insieme Orange Wine 2022, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£14.75, Vintage Roots If you’re in the business of writing about or selling wine, it's easy to think that orange wine is now so...
Sep 14, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Santa Tresa Rina Russa Frappato 2022, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£8.99 (on current offer), Waitrose There are quite a lot of red wines that you can drink lightly chilled if you want to and there's a...
Jul 20, 2023


Prime Time for Pink: Rosés for Summer 2023
Update, August 3 I've just added two more southern French rosés: Alaina, which is new to me, although its producer, Laurent Miquel,...
Jul 19, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: La Vis Nosiola 2022, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy
£12.99, House of Townend You need to let this lithe, young, north Italian white open up in your glass to enjoy it at its best, so pour it...
Jun 15, 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 20, 2023


Ornellaia 2020: Proof That There's No Recipe
Same lighter weight bottle as its predecessor, but the 2020 is embossed at shoulder level with the Ornellaia logo. An invitation to...
Feb 14, 2023
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