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...
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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 10, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château de Rochemorin Pessac-Léognan 2016, Bordeaux, France
£13.99 on offer, Waitrose I said at the beginning of the year that we should all drink more Sauternes and followed with a resolution a...
Dec 3, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Daniel-Etienne Chablis Vieilles Vignes 2015, France
£22.50, Tanners Wines This is the Chablis you need for Christmas. It's the one I need anyway. It's not a lean, razor-sharp, steely style...
Nov 19, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Terra Costantino De Aetna Etna Bianco 2018, Sicily, Italy
£16.76, Jeroboams Etna wines have become hugely trendy in the last few years, and rightly so. From soaring vineyards on the volcanic...
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...
Oct 29, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Marlborough, New Zealand
£21.50–£26.95, The Champagne Company, ND John, Majestic*, Clos19, Laithwaites, Jeroboams This is the first Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc...
Oct 15, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Springfontein Terroir Selection Chenin Blanc 2018, Springfontein Rim, South Africa
£16.96, Private Cellar There were a couple of other South African wines, red and white, in the running for this week's slot, but this...
Oct 1, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Vasse Felix Classic Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Margaret River, Australia
£12, Tesco I can't quite believe this is my first Wine of the Week from the 2020 vintage. So much has happened this year, the southern...
Sep 17, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Andrian Alto Adige Müller-Thurgau 2019, Italy
£14.50, The Daily Drinker This is the first time I've mentioned Müller Thurgau on my website; never mind recommended it. Extraordinary....
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...
Aug 20, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Aldi Assyrtiko 2019, Peloponnese, Greece
£9.99, Aldi online To say that Assyrtiko is a stay-at-home grape variety is massively to understate it. If you want to drink wine made...
Aug 18, 2020
The Phoenix Rises: Château de Pommard chez Carabello-Baum
Cork talk: is it an instruction? The strikingly branded corks used for all Château de Pommard and Carabello-Baum Burgundies However...
Aug 6, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2017, Stellenbosch, South Africa
£15.49–£18, Roberts & Speight, drinkfinder.co.uk, TheDrinkShop.com, winedirect.co.uk, Noble Green Wines The South African wine industry...
Jul 22, 2020
Circus Trick: How a Wine from Saint Mont Overcame the Authorities
The first four vintages of Plaimont's single vintage Cirque Nord Saint Mont – 2014, 2016, 2017 and the yet to be bottled 2019 I was...
Jul 16, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Plaimont Les Vignes Retrouvées 2017, Saint Mont, France
£8.95, The Wine Society I haven’t featured the 2017 vintage before, but Les Vignes Retrouvées is no stranger to this slot. Year in, year...
Jul 2, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Mar de Frades Albariño 2019, Rías Baixas, Spain
£18.29–£18.95, NY Wines (Cambridge), The Great Wine Co A chilled glass of Galician Albariño is the wine to have when you long to feel the...
Jun 24, 2020
Two Exciting White Wine Rarities – And They Won't Break The Bank
These two singular and rare dry white wines, one from France and one from Italy, could hardly be more different in style – a textbook...
Jun 4, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Fidora Tenuta Civranetta Pinot Grigio 2019, Venezia, Italy
£8.58, Jascots Pinot Grigio has to work hard to earn itself a place as Wine of the Week. It's not that I don't like the grape variety. I...
May 21, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: ArmAs Voskehat 2018, Aragatsotn, Armenia
£15, The Daily Drinker, Fintry Wines, Noble Green Wines, North and South Wines I recommended a red from the ArmAs winery in my Festive...
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