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Jun 20, 2024
WINE OF THE WEEK: Abbotts & Delaunay Viognier Les Fleurs Sauvages 2022, Pays d'Oc, France
This sunny Viognier from the south of France is all orange blossom fragrance, juicy white-peach fruit and buoyant freshness
Mar 28, 2024
WINE OF THE WEEK: Kleine Zalze Shiraz Mourvèdre Viognier 2021, Western Cape, South Africa
£9.99/£7.49, Waitrose Almost everything I said about the 2016 vintage of this Cape red when singing its praises back in 2018 holds true...
Mar 5, 2024
Standing Taller Than Ever: the Old-Vine Wines of Torbreck in the Barossa
The journey through Torbreck old-vine Barossa wines with chief winemaker Ian Hongell at Noizé restaurant in London in February 2024...
Nov 30, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Ixsir Altitudes White 2022, Lebanon
£24, The Great Wine Co. Calling all Condrieu fans – this unusual, aromatic Lebanese white wine might well appeal to you. Viognier is the...
Apr 27, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Saint Gayan Sablet L'Oratory 2021, Sablet Côtes du Rhône Villages, France
£15.25, Yapp Brothers If you thought Sablet was a red wine, you would be right. Most of the time. Nine in ten bottles is red, but 10% of...
Apr 29, 2021
WINE OF THE WEEK: Guigal Côtes du Rhône Blanc 2019, France
£11.50–£12, The Wine Society, Tesco Full-bodied, succulent, Viognier-based dry white from one of the big names in a region much better...
Aug 27, 2020
Yalumba Organic Viognier 2019, South Australia
£7.49 (on offer), Waitrose I had scheduled Yalumba Samuel's Collection Bush Vine Grenache 2018 this week, getting in ahead of...
Jan 10, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Yalumba The Y Series Viognier 2017, South Australia
£5.49 mix-six sale price, Majestic Even at £8–£8.25 (Sainsbury's and Morrisons) this is great value, so at Majestic's mix-six sale price...
Jun 28, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Haut les Mains 2017, Pays d'Oc, Languedoc, France
£6.49, Waitrose and waitrosecellar.com An aromatic dry white from the south of France with the freshness and lusciousness of a perfectly...
Oct 26, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Lismore The Age of Grace Viognier 2016, Cape South Coast, South Africa
£20, Oddbins and oddbins.com Dazzlingly good Viognier from a winemaking paradise in the foothills of spectacular mountains deep in the...
Sep 14, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Alpha Box & Dice Golden Mullet Fury Semillon Viognier 2014, McLaren Vale, Aust
£14.95–£16.99, N D John, Drinkmonger, Kwoff You don’t need to see the brassy yellow colour of this wine or its label to know that it’s no...
Apr 13, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Emiliana Natura Viognier 2015, Valle Central, Chile
£8.75, Oddbins I love the heady blossom and peach aromas of this organic white and its peaches-and-cream flavour and soft citrus-zest...
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