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WINE OF THE WEEK: Finca Carelio Tempranillo Barrica 2014, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla
£7.99 in a 6-bottle mix This was so nearly a £15 red, but someone at the winery felt inspired to add some grapes from outside the...
Jul 13, 2017

Assyrtiko steps out of Greece and into Australia
I like classic wines made from so-called noble grape varieties as much as anyone, but there’s a thrill of a different kind in wines that...
Jul 11, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine La Croix Canat Sancerre Les Blancs Gâteaux 2015, France
£15.99, Cadman Fine Wines You can drink Sancerre at any time of the year and I do – it goes with all sorts of fish and seafood, goats'...
Jul 6, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Grace Bridge California Pinot Noir 2013, United States
£12.95, Stannary Street Wine Co It would be hard to find a better value Pinot Noir than this. It's all the more surprising because...
Jun 29, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: The Fire Tree Vermentino 2016, Terre Siciliane, Italy
Aldi, £4.69 I'm as stunned by the price of this wine as you are. It's my cheapest Wine of the Week so far, and at a time when prices of...
Jun 22, 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 15, 2017


Growers' Champagne Month: top picks
In homage to Growers’ Champagne Month (June, in case you didn’t know), I’ve listed below some of the top names and am highlighting two...
Jun 13, 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 8, 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 7, 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...
Jun 1, 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 27, 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 25, 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 18, 2017


Return of the Bollinger Lunch: James Bond and vintage Champagne surprises
The Bollinger Lunch was, as you can imagine, a rather nice fixture in the calendar until it was dropped a couple of years ago. Searching...
May 15, 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 11, 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 9, 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...
May 4, 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 27, 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 20, 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 19, 2017
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