A Pit Stop with Pedro Parra in Chile
The genie in the pit: Pedro Parra in one of thousands of soil pits (calicatas) he has dug, but this one is special: it's amid vines in...
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Apr 16, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brokenwood Thompson's Road Hunter Valley Semillon 2018, Australia
£8.99/£9.99, Waitrose Hunter Valley Semillon isn't like Sémillon from anywhere else (and I'm not talking about the absence of the...
Apr 2, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Doctors' Sauvignon Blanc 2019, Marlborough New Zealand
£8–£10, Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado, Booths The name of last week's wine of the week translated as "no fuss". This week it's The Doctors. It...
Mar 19, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Boccantino Passerina Terre di Chieti 2018, Abruzzi, Italy
£11, The Daily Drinker The Passerina grape is an old variety grown in central Italy, especially in Terre di Chieti in the Abruzzi, but...
Feb 13, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Weingut Müller-Grossmann Furth Kremstal Riesling 2018, Austria
£14.40, Tanners Wines If you're in the UK you may wonder at my recommending a Riesling in the currently comfortless weather – not only...
Jan 23, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Paul Ginglinger Alsace Gewurztraminer Wahlenbourg 2017, France
£14.50, The Wine Society This is another wine, like last week's, that would be a good choice for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but...
Jan 9, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Guerila Pinela 2018, Vipavska Dolina, Slovenia
£15, The Daily Drinker The repository for so many intriguing wines, The Daily Drinker, has come up trumps again with its featured winter...
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 12, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Best Marqués De Los Rios Rioja Blanco Reserva 2015, Spain
£13, Morrisons Made for Morrisons' The Best range by Baron de Ley, one of Rioja's commendable, big players, this combines the best of...
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...
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...
Nov 21, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Réthoré Davy Parcelles Chardonnay 2018, Val de Loire, France
£10.35/£9.20, Haynes Hanson & Clark This is beautifully expressive, unoaked cool-climate Chardonnay – both vibrant and generous, with...
Oct 31, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Alheit Vineyards Limited Release Chenin Blanc 2018, Western Cape, South Africa
£14.99, Majestic Welcome back, Majestic. After we nearly lost the pioneering wine warehouse chain altogether earlier this year, it’s good...
Oct 17, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Brut Champagne, France
£34/£27, Tanners Wines I wasn't planning to do Champagne this week, but now is the time to stock up on this Joseph Perrier. The current...
Oct 10, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Ramón Bilbao Edición Limitada Lías Verdejo 2017, Rueda, Spain
£15.50–£15.95, Great Western Wine, NY Wines I'm not a notably seasonal drinker – it's more of a case of whatever I feel like whenever...
Sep 26, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Bodegas Martínez Paiva Solo I Cayetana 2018, Ribera del Guadiana, Spain
£14, The Daily Drinker A weighty, characterful dry white made from Cayetana Blanca, an old variety that goes under a variety of names in...
Aug 15, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de la Cendrillon Nuance 2018, Vin de France
£12.80/£10.60, Tanners Wines This wonderfully original and delicious dry white is from a family-owned and run organic estate in Corbières...
Aug 8, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Haywire Secrest Mountain Chardonnay 2017, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
£19.99, Selfridges Visiting British Columbia’s breathtaking Okanagan Valley for the first time last year was one of the most eye-opening...
Jul 25, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Barry & Sons Riesling 2017, Clare Valley, Australia
£13.40, Tanners Wines I don't think I can come up with two more refreshing still wines for hot weather than dry Riesling and Assyrtiko....
Jul 4, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Le Domaine d'Henri Chablis Saint Pierre 2016, Chablis, France
£24.50, Berry Bros & Rudd Considering that Chablis is one of my desert-island wines (on my increasingly chocca island) I’m astonished to...
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