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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...

Jun 29, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Amstramgram Pomone Vin Orange 2022, Vin de France

£14.25–£15.95, Grape & Grind, Carruthers & Kent, Wild & Lees If an electric orange colour sounds alarming and likely to indicate a wine...

Jun 22, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Finest Peumo Carmenère 2020, Peumo, Valle del Cachapoal, Chile

£8, Tesco This has to be one of the best value wines in the UK. When I last recommended it here, I thought it was good value at £9 and...

Jun 16, 2023

Going Beyond Sparkling Wine: England's New Still Wines

Chardonnay vines in The King's Vineyard, Rochester, Kent, planted on the site of the vineyard of the medieval priory. Simpsons Wine...

Jun 15, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: La Vis Nosiola 2022, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy

£12.99, House of Townend You need to let this lithe, young, north Italian white open up in your glass to enjoy it at its best, so pour it...

Jun 8, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Jean-Luc Baldès Malbec du Clos 2020, Cahors, France

£8.49/£10.99, Waitrose I’m delighted to see this on the shelves. We don’t see enough Cahors in the UK. It has a reputation for being a...

Jun 1, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: 14/27 Agiorgitiko 2019, Nemea, Greece

£15.99/£13.99, Laithwaites Sound the first 'g' as a 'y' and the second as a hard 'g' and you're well on your way to a passable...

May 25, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Bischel Gau-Algesheim Terra Fusca Riesling Trocken 2020, Rheinhessen, Germany

£26.45, The Wine Barn This page sees too few Rieslings and too few German wines. One wine that falls into both underrepresented camps...

May 18, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Chevallier-Bernard Jongieux Mondeuse 2019, Savoie, France

£15.70, Tanners Wines It’s been a long time coming but here at last is a Mondeuse as wine of the week. Dark in colour, aromatic,...

May 10, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Morandé Terrarum Patrimonial Semillon 2022, Maule Valley, Chile

£9.99, Waitrose For the second week running the spotlight is on a wine made from 100-plus year old vines, but this time the wine is...

May 4, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Immortelle 2019, Côtes du Roussillon Villages, France

£19.95–£22.50, Red & White, The Somerset Wine Company I recommended the little sibling of this red last year, Petite Immortelle. Now it's...

Apr 27, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Saint Gayan Sablet L'Oratory 2021, Sablet Côtes du Rhône Villages, France

£15.25, Yapp Brothers If you thought Sablet was a red wine, you would be right. Most of the time. Nine in ten bottles is red, but 10% of...

Apr 20, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Mandrarossa Cartagho 2018/19, Sicilia, Italy

£18.20–£24.50, Tannico, Vinvm, XtraWine, Shelved Wine, Hic! Wine Merchants, Eton Vintners I don't often do split vintages, but these...

Apr 13, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Heggies Vineyard Cloudline Chardonnay 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

£13, Co-op With a name like Cloudline, there are no prizes for guessing that this wine comes from high up. At 500m in the Eden Valley,...

Apr 6, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Beronia Rioja Crianza Tempranillo 2019, Rioja, Spain

£10.99–£12, Majestic, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Amazon, Ocado It’s more than six years since I last recommended a Beronia Rioja here, so...

Mar 30, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Carvalho Martins Golpe Douro Branco 2021, Douro, Portugal

£13.50, Tanners This recent discovery by Tanners is a gem: a textured, dry white wine with crystalline acidity, a riveting smoky, mineral...