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Jun 15, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Cady Cheninsolite 2015, Anjou, France

£14.99, Waitrose I’ve chosen this full, dry, honeyed Loire Valley white in honour of Drink Chenin Day on Saturday. I could have picked...

Jun 8, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Rod McDonald Wines One Off Malbec Hawkes Bay 2014, New Zealand

£15.75, Oddbins I feel a bit of traitor choosing this Malbec when I’m more or less within spitting distance of the grape variety’s home...

Jun 7, 2017

To Spain for Lunch: Pazo de Señorans at El Celler de Can Roca

Clockwise from top left: Starfish made of seafood; Mackerel with fermented ganxet beans; White asparagus with mullet bottarga, vegetable...

Jun 1, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Sancerre Rouge Les Champs Clos 2015, France

£13, Sainsbury's Sancerre Rouge is the archetypal summer red wine – not that that should stop you drinking it at any other time, but it’s...

May 27, 2017

English fizz recommendations for English Wine Week

To celebrate English wine week, running from Saturday 27 May to Sunday 4 June, I've chosen some top quality, Champagne-style sparkling...

May 25, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Jackson Estate Stich Sauvignon Blanc 2016, Marlborough, New Zealand

£11.99 in a 6-bottle mix, Majestic Some of the previous vintages of Jackson’s Stich Sauvignon have tasted more pungently green and tangy....

May 18, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Gayda Syrah 2015, Pays D'Oc, France

£9.99–£10.15, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Haynes, Hanson & Clark Wines made from Syrah aren’t always light on their feet and they’re not...

May 11, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Morrisons The Best Priorat 2014, Spain

£10, Morrisons A textbook red from the rugged, once remote but now famed, Catalonian region of Priorat that lies inland from Tarragona....

May 9, 2017

Weird and wonderful grape varieties

“Some of the wines are available in the UK; others are so rare it is unlikely that you will be able to find much literature on them,”...

May 4, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Famille Negrel Bandol Rosé La Petite Reine 2016, France

£15.95, From Vineyards Direct Bandol is a small coastal appellation between Marseilles and Toulon within the large Provence region – but...

Apr 27, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Saint Mont 2015, Saint Mont, France

£9, Marks & Spencer Perfectly timed for the asparagus season, but equally tuned into seafood, chicken, salads and vegetable dishes, comes...

Apr 20, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Trilles Incantation 2015, Côtes du Roussillon, France

£14.95, Joie de Vin A bewitchingly generous, rich red from the southern reaches of France, not far from the border with Spain and close...

Apr 19, 2017

Dom Pérignon 2000: the art and mystery of P1, P2 and Rosé Champagne

Dom Pérignon 2000, P2, P1 and P1 Rosé and winemaker Vincent Chaperon in London Dom Pérignon has just launched its P2 2000 Champagne. I...

Apr 18, 2017

Visionary Australian wines: The Wine Society's Blind Spot range

The Wine Society's Blind Spot Pinot Noir was my Wine of the Week recently, but it was hard to choose just one from the new range, so I...

Apr 15, 2017

Wines to Pair with Chocolate – how to make it work

This an updated post from last year – wines, vintages and prices updated. Chocolate can be a tricky customer when it comes to matching...

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...

Apr 12, 2017

Ten Years On: tasting top Bordeaux 2007

Fruitless it may be, but I couldn’t help speculating recently how the 2007 Bordeaux red wines would have turned out if this vintage had...

Apr 6, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Blind Spot Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2016, Yarra Valley, Australia

£10.95, The Wine Society I’ve tasted seven of the latest Blind Spot Australian wines and it’s difficult to choose only one as Wine of the...

Mar 30, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Val de Salis Saint-Chinian 2015, Languedoc, France

£7.99, Lidl This hits the shelves today with 39 other wines in Lidl's Easter Collection and is a red to zone in on if you like the...

Mar 23, 2017

WINE OF THE WEEK: Tenuta Cavalier Pepe Nestor Greco di Tufo 2015, Campania, Italy

£11.50, Gerrard Seel I was torn between three wines from the Pepe Family in Campania, a red Aglianico, a white Fiano and this white Greco...