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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...


Aug 4, 2020
Prime Time for Pink: Summer Rosé Round-up
Another summer, another round-up of delicious dry rosés, plus a featherweight, lightly sparkling sweet wine from Italy and a pink...


Jul 23, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Rosa di Santa Tresa 2019, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£9.74, Majestic I shall be posting this summer’s rosé round-up soon, but another pink as Wine of the Week is well overdue, so here it is:...


May 7, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: El Viaje de Ramón Garnacha Rosé 2019, Rioja, Spain
£7 (on offer), Co-op A pale, dry, easygoing rosé that should be a dream for anyone who loves both Provence rosé and Rioja. It's light on...


Jan 16, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Chateau Changyu Moser XV Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc de Noir 2018, Ningxia, China
£11.99 on offer, Ocado This is an obvious choice if you're celebrating Chinese New Year next week, but it's so much more than that: a...


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....


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...


Sep 5, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Jansz Premium Rosé, Tasmania, Australia
£15.80–£21.99, Frazier's Wine, Slurp, Field & Fawcett, Flagship Wines, Ocado, NY Wines, Amazon, Selfridges I can’t think of a better or...


Aug 2, 2019
Round the world in rosés in 2019
I've never seen so many good rosé wines and so much variety of style, origin and grape variety (never mind colour) as I've seen this...


Jul 18, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Bassac Pink Chôt 2018, Côtes de Thongue, France
£12/£10.80, The Daily Drinker Who can resist a wine this colour? The prettiest of orangey salmon-pinks, and a mouthwatering taste to...


Jun 13, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Ramón Bilbao Rosado 2018, Rioja, Spain
£10.95, Great Western Wine It hasn’t been feeling much like classic rosé-drinking weather where I’ve been recently (London and southwest...


Dec 19, 2018
The Festive Champagne Guide 2018
We're there: my Champagne picks for Christmas, New Year and every other kind of festivity, whittled down with difficulty to what I hope...


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...


Nov 21, 2018
Cristal Vinothèque: the quest for eternal youth
The tasting of the first two vintages, 1995 and 1996, of Roederer's ultrarare Cristal Vinothèque When Louis Roederer released the first...


Aug 16, 2018
Peerless Provence: the rosés of Sacha Lichine at D'Esclans
As I said in my Around the world in rosé blog, I'm a great admirer of the wines from Sacha Lichine's d'Esclans estate in Côtes de...


Aug 15, 2018
Around the world in rosé: 16 rosés from four continents in every shade and shape
Alphonse Mellot Le Paradis Sancerre Rosé 2017, France Ravishing Pinot Noir rosé from one of Sancerre's great wine families. Long, slow...


Jul 12, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Mourchon Loubié Rosé 2017, Séguret Côtes du Rhône Villages, France
£10.95–£13.99, The Wine Society, Exel Wines, The Black Dog Wine Co (UK), Averys of Bristol The McKinlay family's Loubié rosé, is always...


Jun 14, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Alovini Le Ralle Basilicata Rosato 2017, Basilicata, Italy
£8.95, The Wine Society Provence rosés have done such a clever job of persuading people that pale rosés are both drier and more...


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...


Dec 11, 2017
Festive fizz 2017: anything except Champagne
The first of the season's round-ups is sparkling wines – anything alcoholic and fizzy except Champagne (the Champagne round-up follows...
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