#PinotNoir

6 days ago

WINE OF THE WEEK: Mayu Gran Reserva Pinot Noir 2022, Valle de Elqui, Chile

Pinot Noir is a useful red wine to have around over the festive period, not least because it usually suits white wine drinkers too

Oct 2

Oregon Wining and Dining at Cliveden: a Phelps Creek Wine-Pairing Dinner in Berkshire

We were at Cliveden for an exciting Oregon wine dinner, six courses paired with Phelps Creek Vineyards Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and others

Jul 2

Exploring Wines in Utiel-Requena With Bodegas Hispano+Suizas: Far more than Bobal and a Long Way from Bulk Wine

The quality-focused Hispano+Suizas winery is helping to transform the reputation of southeast Spain's Utiel-Requena wine region

Jan 18

WINE OF THE WEEK: Denis Jamain Les Pierres Plates Reuilly Pinot Noir 2022, Loire, France

£16.95, Berry Bros & Rudd Reuilly is better known for its Sauvignon Blanc, of which it produces more than twice as much, but its Pinot...

Aug 24, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Errazuriz Wild Ferment Pinot Noir 2021, Aconcagua, Chile

£12.95–£15.25, Amps Wine, Vinvm, Cheers Wine, The Surrey Wine Cellar, Booths supermarkets, NY Wines, Fareham Wine Cellar, Whole Foods...

Jul 19, 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,...

Jun 16, 2023

Going Beyond Sparkling Wine: England's New Still Wines

Chardonnay vines in The King's Vineyard, Rochester, Kent, planted on the site of the vineyard of the medieval priory. Simpsons Wine...

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 20, 2023

2020, Another Extraordinary Vintage at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti

The magnificent La Tâche 2020 is conspicuous by its absence in this line-up of empty bottles, but it was definitely in the tasting (see...

Dec 1, 2022

WINE OF THE WEEK: Jacques Boncoeur Brut Réserve Champagne, France

£22 (on offer), Bon Coeur Fine Wines A timely reminder that in the season of the cheery Champagne deal supermarkets are not the only...

Nov 24, 2022

WINE OF THE WEEK: Ventisquero Kalfu Kuda Pinot Noir 2018, Leyda Valley, Chile

£12.99–£16.50, Hedley Wright, Frontier Fine Wines, Fintry Wines, The Wine Reserve, Beaucatcher Wines, Drinkfinder, Cambridge Wine...

Nov 22, 2022

So Much More than a Pretty Bottle: Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 2013

The seminal Belle Epoque bottle decorated with the Japanese anemone motif designed for Perrier-Jouët by Émile Gallé, one of the pioneers...

Jun 24, 2022

Celebrating English Wines

My picks for the second weekend of English Wine Week celebrations. Not that they're only for English Wine Week. English wines are for...

Jun 9, 2022

WINE OF THE WEEK: Albert Road Pinot Noir by Savage & Louw, Western Cape

£9.49, Waitrose Finding inexpensive Pinot Noir isn’t the challenge it once was, but even so this is a spectacularly good-value example –...

May 12, 2022

WINE OF THE WEEK: Kutjevo Rosé 2020, Slavonia, Croatia

£14.49/£12.49 in a 12-bottle mix, Laithwaites If you like your rosés very pale, look no further. If you don't like your rosés very pale,...

Feb 8, 2022

You Have to Go Back to 1865 at Domaine de la Romanée Conti to Meet a Vintage Like 2019...

Perrine Fenal and Aubert de Villaine, co-directors of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, at Corney & Barrow's offices in London. The photo of...

Feb 2, 2022

The Essence of Cristal Through the Prism of the 2014 Vintage

"If I don't make mistakes, I never learn." Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon's words are hardly original but still they took me by surprise. I...

Jan 20, 2022

WINE OF THE WEEK: Angeline Vineyards Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2018, California, US

£15.99–£18.50, Flagship Wines, Stroud Wine, Shaftesbury Wines, St Andrews Wine Company This is astonishingly good value for a smart...

Aug 18, 2021

Ten Pinots for International Pinot Noir Day

I hadn't planned to do a Pinot Noir post to coincide with International Pinot Noir Day today, but it's a good opportunity to spread the...

Jun 23, 2021

Picks for English Wine Week 2021

Chardonnay vines in The King's Vineyard, Rochester, Kent, recently planted on the site of the vineyard of the medieval priory. Simpsons...