WINE OF THE WEEK: Le Moulin Rose de Malescasse 2020, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France
The blend of the Moulin Rose 2020 – a very good vintage – is more or less equal parts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
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Jan 12, 2023
Vérité and Cardinale: Towering California Wines from Mountains and Micro-Crus
Winemaker Pierre Seillan, who created Vérité for Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke in 1998, and his daughter Hélène who is now assistant...
Sep 15, 2022
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Garrigue Grande 2020, Coteaux de la Cabrerisse, Languedoc, France
£7.99, in any 12 bottle mix Laithwaites I think this is a first for me – and likely to be for most wine drinkers – a Coteaux de la...
Jun 2, 2022
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château des Fougères La Raison 2012, Graves, France
£16, Tesco I was planning to choose something that shouted summer more obviously this week, but along came a timely reminder that you...
Feb 14, 2022
Ornellaia Ups the Cabernet Sauvignon in its Newly Released 2019, 'Il Vigore'
Each year the estate director of Ornellaia in Bolgheri chooses a single word to describe the character of the wine and reveals it at the...
Dec 23, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Vergelegen Premium Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2018, Stellenbosch, South Africa
£10, Tesco For those people who still need a red wine for the Christmas Day feast, I've picked this Cape Cabernet Merlot because it's...
Oct 14, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Roc Cuvée 2020, Bordeaux, France
£13.99/£12./59, Laithwaites A red Bordeaux in a Burgundy bottle without a capsule and label graphics showing a love-you hand squeezing a...
Jun 30, 2021
Acidity – Something to be Celebrated Not Feared: the launch of Luce 2018
Two things came together for Frescobaldi's Luce in 2018, a model vintage without any of the extremes of the previous year and the opening...
Mar 25, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Justerini & Brooks Pomerol, France
£24.67, Justerini & Brooks If you're looking for something classic, crowd-pleasing and versatile for Easter, this is it: a red Bordeaux...
Feb 4, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Solara Natural Organic Wine, Romania
£8.50–£9.99, Lekker Wines, The Solent Cellar, Twisted Cellar, Noble Green Wines and others* The eye-catching label is a word-free zone,...
Jan 5, 2021
Monterosola: Sitting Pretty Between Tuscany's Stars
Monterosola's stylishly labelled wines: two whites on the left, then four of the five reds I haven’t visited Monterosola in Tuscany, but...
Oct 28, 2020
Sipping Siepi with the Best of 'Em
Gnocchi with girolles, chanterelles and black truffle paired with the 2011 vintage of Castello di Fonterutoli's super-Tuscan Siepi, at a...
Dec 23, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur 2016, France
£8 (on offer), Tesco I'm posting this week's wine three days ahead of schedule because it seems a lot more useful to highlight it when...
Dec 19, 2019
WINE OF WEEK: Le Volte dell'Ornellaia 2016, Toscana, Italy
£19.99, Majestic; £20.99–£22.95, Hard to Find Wines, Armit, Caviste, Davy's This would be a wonderful bottle for the festive table if...
Nov 28, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Puygueraud 2011, Francs Côtes de Bordeaux, France
£20.95 / £19.25, Lea & Sandeman The 2011 vintage in Bordeaux tends to be dismissed with faint praise – if that. Certainly, it was uneven...
Feb 15, 2019
Caiarossa – fusing complexity with approachability in Tuscany
The past six months have been particularly rich in tastings of top Tuscan wines. Two of them, Luce and Siepi, I’ve written about in...
Jan 3, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Cabos 2015, Bordeaux, France
£10.50/£11.50, Lea & Sandeman The buyer pointed this out at the autumn tasting as one of the new lines Lea & Sandeman was particularly...
Oct 5, 2018
Château Lafon-Rochet 2006-2016: coming full circle
Ten years after returning to Saint-Estèphe to take the helm at the family's fourth-growth estate, Basile Tesseron showed the results at a...
May 17, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Campo di Sasso Insoglio del Cinghiale 2016, Toscana, Italy
£21.50, Corney & Barrow I’ve drunk earlier vintages of this opulent, satin-smooth red at the estate with wild boar (the local cinghiale...
Apr 19, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Chemin de la Pinède Merlot 2016, Pays d’Oc, France
£7.95/£7.25, Lea & Sandeman There were lots of excellent wines and new finds at Lea & Sandeman’s spring tasting (brilliant Condrieu and...
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