The Festive Champagne and Sparkling Wine Guide 2023
Welcome to my roundup of Champagnes and sparkling wines for the festive season. It's always a pleasure to publish this – with an...
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Dec 12, 2023
The Festive White and Rosé Wine Guide 2023
Welcome to my roundup of 21 white and rosé wines for the festive season. Ranging freely through styles, regions, grape varieties and...
Dec 6, 2023
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2023
Welcome to my roundup of 25 red wines for the festive season. Ranging freely across styles, regions, grape varieties and prices (two...
Dec 16, 2021
The Festive White, Orange and Rosé Wine Guide 2021
Welcome to my annual roundup of white, orange and rosé wines for the festive season. Ranging freely through styles, regions and grape...
Dec 9, 2021
The Festive Champagne Guide 2021
It goes without saying that it's always a pleasure to publish my annual round-up of Champagnes to meet the varied needs of the festive...
Dec 3, 2021
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2021
Welcome to my annual roundup of red wines. Ranging freely across styles, regions and grape varieties, it's designed to cover all...
Dec 16, 2020
The Festive Champagne Guide 2020
I hardly need say that the past year isn't going to go down in history as very celebratory and that 2021 is looking shaky, but I don't...
Dec 11, 2020
The Festive White & Rosé Wine Guide 2020
I've tasted far and wide to pick white wines and rosés from a dozen countries to fill your glasses with festive cheer during this...
Dec 4, 2020
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2020
However different this Christmas turns out to be, wine is going to be at least as vital as usual. Here then is my round-up of red wines...
Nov 18, 2020
Festive Fizz 2020: Anything But Champagne
It may be a festive season unlike any other, but we'll still need wine of all sorts –perhaps more than ever. The first of my 2020...
Dec 19, 2019
The Festive Sweet, Sticky and Fortified Guide 2019
‘Tis the season for sweet and fortified wines, for entertaining, for communing with quietly, or giving as presents. Fortifieds, in...
Dec 13, 2019
The Festive Champagne Guide 2019
Writing my annual Festive Champagne Guide is, as you can imagine, no hardship, not least because I have tasted everything in it recently....
Dec 11, 2019
The Festive White Wine Guide 2019
My round-up of white wines from around the globe to cover Christmas and all the other festivities from simple supper to a big splash that...
Dec 2, 2019
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2019
My round up of red wines to take you through all kinds of festivities - major, minor and in some cases festivities for years to come....
Nov 27, 2019
Festive Fizz 2019: anything but Champagne
The first of the season's round-ups of recommendations is sparkling wines, from far and near but not Champagne – that gets its own show...
Dec 27, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Graham Beck Brut Chardonnay/Pinot Noir, Western Cape, South Africa
£10.99 (offer price), Waitrose Crowd-pleasingly approachable fizz with generous nutty, toasty, yeasty, fresh bread flavours wrapped...
Dec 18, 2018
The Festive Sweet, Sticky and Fortified Guide 2018
SWEET WINE Domaine Cady Coteaux du Layon Saint-Aubin Les Varennes 2015, France Old-vine Chenin made from botrytis (aka noble rot)...
Dec 18, 2018
The Festive White Wine Guide 2018
Dry and off-dry whites from around the globe to cover the festivities and all eventualities at prices from £6 upwards and from the ...
Dec 17, 2018
Festive fizz for 2018: anything except Champagne
17 December: I've updated this post (first published on 3 December) with the addition of two more English wines: Denbies Cubitt Blanc de...
Dec 14, 2018
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2018
Red wines from all around the world to take you through all kinds of festivities and in some cases festivities for years to come. As...
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