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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 8, 2020
A Meeting of Minds: Salcombe Distillery Gin and Château Climens Sauternes
When gin distiller Angus Lugsdin was visiting Château Climens in Barsac for the first time, the fog was so thick he couldn’t find it....


Dec 4, 2020
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2020
However different this Christmas turns out to be, wine is going to be at least as vital as usual. Here then is my round-up of red wines...


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 26, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Santa Tresa Rina Russa Frappato 2019, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£9.99–£10.75, Ocado, Vintage Roots I recommended an earlier incarnation of this organic wine a few years ago as a perfect spring red. In...


Nov 24, 2020
A Taste of Tuscany: First of the 2020 Extra Virgin Olive Oils
Normally the Conti Contini Bonacossi family get through about 70 litres of their own organic extra virgin olive oil a year, but this year...


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...


Nov 12, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Henriques & Henriques Sercial Madeira 10 Years Old
£20 (50cl), Waitrose, The Wine Society, independents* Whenever I taste good Madeira, I think, 'why don't I drink this more often?' I've...


Nov 10, 2020
Connecting with Wine Growers the PICA Way
Before lockdown I visited the Cavit co-operative group in Trentino to see how it applies cutting edge technology to improve its wines and...


Nov 5, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Bréseyme Brézème Côtes du Rhône 2017, France
£22, The Wine Society I'm getting in early with this because when I tried to recommend the 2016 it had sold out (Wine Society members...


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 28, 2020
Sipping Siepi with the Best of 'Em
Gnocchi with girolles, chanterelles and black truffle paired with the 2011 vintage of Castello di Fonterutoli's super-Tuscan Siepi, at a...


Oct 22, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Laurou Fronton Tradition 2019, Fronton, France
£11.95–£13, Cheers Wines, The Jolly Vintner, The Stroud Wine Company, Shaftsbury Wines I'm delighted to have found a red Fronton this...


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 8, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Waitrose & Partners PaÃs 2019, Maule, Chile
£7.99, Waitrose A juicy, soft, low-tannin, pale red with strawberry and white pepper flavours, a swish of orange and a stony mineral...


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 24, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Society's Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, Maipo, Chile
£7.50, The Wine Society In a tasting of 20-plus wines from The Wine Society that included, among others, an excellent Brézème rouge,...


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....


Sep 16, 2020
A Sneak Preview of the 2017 Vintage of One of the World's Great Sweet Wines
Excelling again: the just released 2017 vintage of Vin de Constance, still in the traditional asymmetrical 50cl bottle, but now with a...
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