#PinotNoir 3/4

May 24, 2018

WINE OF THE WEEK: Bluebell Vineyard Hindleap Rosé Brut 2014, England

£29.95, Bluebell Vineyard Estates English Wine Week starts on Saturday. There's no guarantee of good weather, especially as there's a...

Mar 22, 2018

WINE OF THE WEEK: Lot Series Te Haupapa Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017, New Zealand

£8.99, Aldi The Lot Series wines are smaller parcels of more expensive bottles – more expensive by Aldi's standards, but not by Central...

Jan 11, 2018

WINE OF THE WEEK: Abbotts & Delaunay Domaine de la Métairie d’Alon Pinot Noir Le Village 2015, P

£15.99, or £13.99 in any 6-bottle mix, Majestic This is a best of both worlds Pinot Noir – cherry and raspberry perfume and fruit, gentle...

Nov 2, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Seresin Rachel Pinot Noir 2012/2013, Marlborough, New Zealand

£22–£23, The Wine Society, Booths supermarkets I don’t normally do split vintages – i.e. recommend two at the same time – but 2012 and...

Sep 11, 2017

Krug's Champagne creations of 2004 (and others)

Olivier Krug was in town last week for the launch of the 2004 vintage Krug. Unsurprisingly, there wasn’t a spare seat in the house – a...

Jun 29, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Grace Bridge California Pinot Noir 2013, United States

£12.95, Stannary Street Wine Co It would be hard to find a better value Pinot Noir than this. It's all the more surprising because...

Jun 1, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Sancerre Rouge Les Champs Clos 2015, France

£13, Sainsbury's Sancerre Rouge is the archetypal summer red wine – not that that should stop you drinking it at any other time, but it’s...

Apr 6, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Blind Spot Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2016, Yarra Valley, Australia

£10.95, The Wine Society I’ve tasted seven of the latest Blind Spot Australian wines and it’s difficult to choose only one as Wine of the...

Jan 11, 2017

Giving German Pinot Noir some more love

I made the point in last week's Wine of the Week that Germany has never been short of red wines. More than one third of its vineyards are...

Jan 5, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Stepp Pinot Noir 'S' 2015, Pfalz, Germany

£15, selected Marks & Spencer Hands up if you didn’t know Germany made red wine. Quite a show of hands, I bet. In fact, Germany has never...

Oct 20, 2016

WINE OF THE WEEK: Tierra Y Hombre Pinot Noir 2015, Casablanca Valley, Chile

£8.50, Marks & Spencer I was going to recommend Stepp Pinot Noir from Germany this week, but there's been a delay with the delivery and...

Oct 7, 2016

The Next Big Thing...

This is the sort of piece I normally write at the close of the year, but I have more than enough material and deserving wines to mention...

Sep 29, 2016

WINE OF THE WEEK: Bruno Paillard Première Cuvée Brut Champagne, France

£35.95, The Whisky Exchange; £38.99, Handford Wines; £44.99, Selfridges The first week of October is National Champagne Week. I don’t...

Jul 14, 2016

WINE OF THE WEEK: Maison Roche de Bellene Bourgogne Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes 2014, France

£16, Oddbins There are lots of misconceptions about red burgundy, two of the most glaring being that it’s a full-bodied wine and always...

May 26, 2016

WINE OF THE WEEK: Henners Brut 2010, East Sussex, England

£22.99, D Byrne; £27.99, Corks Out, corksout.com English wine week starts on Saturday – a great opportunity to visit an English vineyard...

Mar 17, 2016

WINE OF THE WEEK: Stapleton & Springer Orange Pinot Noir 2014, Czech Republic

£13.75, or £12.50 in any 12-bottle mix, Lea & Sandeman This is one of the most unusual and delicious wines I’ve come across in ages...

Jan 10, 2016

Moderate Alcohol, Persuasive Flavour

If you know where to look, there are plenty of wines with modest alcohol but bags of character and flavour Prompted by the UK...

Dec 18, 2015

WINE OF THE WEEK: Mud House Pinot Noir 2014

£9.75, Tesco, £11, Sainsbury's, £9.99/£14.99, Majestic The juicy, sweet fruit and almost tannin-free suppleness of a good New Zealand...

Dec 16, 2015

Festive Red Wines

Ten red wines to serve with the Christmas feast Wines listed in ascending order of price. I've given a UK stockist (or two) for each, but...

Dec 10, 2015

The Festive Champagne Guide

Ten Champagnes to put you in the mood for Christmas and all the rest Listed in ascending order of price, ignoring special offers and...