WINE OF THE WEEK: Querciabella Ardalico Chianti Classico 2020, Italy
£19.99, Waitrose This very pretty, fruit-forward, young Chianti Classico is named after Ardalico, a character in the epic novel Orlando...
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Nov 2, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Gonzalez Byass Leonor Palo Cortado Seco 12 Años, Jerez, Spain
£18–£19.95, The Drinks Emporium, Rise & Vine, Ocado, Flagship Wines, Laithwaites, Averys, Master of Malt, The Whisky Exchange Sherry...
Oct 26, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Spier 21 Gables Pinotage 2017, Stellenbosch, South Africa
£24.95–£28.60, Slurp, Rare Vino Wine, Vinvm This is not only the first time a Pinotage has been my Wine of the Week, it’s the first time...
Oct 25, 2023
An English Wine Discovery: Woodchester Valley Reserve Cuvée
A discovery – at least for me, if not for people in the Cotswolds. I don’t think of Gloucestershire when I’m thinking about English...
Oct 19, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Saint Mont Grande Cuvée 2020, Saint Mont, France
£9.50, Tesco It’s no secret that I’m a fan of wines from the appellations in southwest France that treasure their little-known indigenous...
Oct 12, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Tedeschi Capitel San Rocco Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2019, Veneto, Italy
£16.99–£23.70, Roberts & Speight, Fareham Wine Cellar, Tannico UK, Vinvm, Village Wines, York Wines, Wine Utopia I could happily drink...
Oct 5, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Clunia Albillo 2021, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y Leon, Spain
£17.49, House of Townend In small letters on the label of Clunia Albillo, it says 'Viñedo Extremo Cultivado a 1000m'. Fair enough. An...
Sep 28, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cabernario No. 8 Ungrafted Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2020, Maipo Valley, Chile
£12.99, Waitrose There's 15 per cent Syrah in this Chilean red, and to beneficial effect, but even so the wine comes across as very...
Sep 21, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Gaia Wines Thalassitis Santorini Assyrtiko 2022, Santorini, Greece
£26.11–£34.85, Tannico, All About Wine, Hic!, Epinoia, Great Wines Direct, Drink Finder, Corking Wines This is slightly outside the...
Sep 14, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Santa Tresa Insieme Orange Wine 2022, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£14.75, Vintage Roots If you’re in the business of writing about or selling wine, it's easy to think that orange wine is now so...
Sep 7, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Olivier Coste Mourvèdre Illegal 2020, Pays d'Oc, France
£13.95–£17.70, Fintry Wines, Great Wines Direct, Vino Gusto, Beckford Bottle Shop, Noble Green Wines, The Wee Vinoteca, Turton Wines This...
Aug 31, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Ormarine Villemarin Picpoul de Pinet 2022, Languedoc, France
£9.99, Majestic I can hardly believe that in 400 wines of the week this is the first time I've featured a Picpoul de Pinet. Fitting...
Aug 24, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Errazuriz Wild Ferment Pinot Noir 2021, Aconcagua, Chile
£12.95–£15.25, Amps Wine, Vinvm, Cheers Wine, The Surrey Wine Cellar, Booths supermarkets, NY Wines, Fareham Wine Cellar, Whole Foods...
Aug 17, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Filliatreau Saumur Champigny 2020, Loire, France
£17.25, Yapp Brothers I’ve always like Loire Valley Cabernet Franc, even way back when I started in wine and it was a leafy green shadow...
Aug 10, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Mar de Frades Albariño Atlantico 2021, Rías Baixas, Spain
£16, Tesco There are times when no other white wine seems to fit the mood more than a Galician Albariño. Now is one of them. You can...
Aug 3, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Jones Fitou Vieilles Vignes 2021/2022, Fitou, France
£14–14.50, Booths, The Wine Society and independents It’s likely that grapes from my adopted vine at Domaine Jones are in both these...
Jul 27, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Vasse Felix Filius Chardonnay 2021, Margaret River, Western Australia
£12.99/£14.99, Majestic You wouldn’t know it from this svelte, balanced, bright-eyed Chardonnay, but 2021 was one of the most challenging...
Jul 20, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Santa Tresa Rina Russa Frappato 2022, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£8.99 (on current offer), Waitrose There are quite a lot of red wines that you can drink lightly chilled if you want to and there's a...
Jul 19, 2023
Prime Time for Pink: Rosés for Summer 2023
Update, August 3 I've just added two more southern French rosés: Alaina, which is new to me, although its producer, Laurent Miquel,...
Jul 13, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Henriques & Henriques Sercial 10 Years Old Madeira, Portugal
£18.95–£21.50, Secret Bottle Shop, Waitrose, The Wine Society, many independents You might not think of Madeira as a summer drink, but...
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