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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


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


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


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


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


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


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 18, 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 15, 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 12, 2017


Wine with Food: what to drink with pork
Pork dishes in four Michelin starred restaurants (clockwise from top left): Duke of Berkshire barbecued pork ribeye, baked potato, sorrel...
Mar 15, 2017


The Year they Tried to Erase: 1956 Tokaji
Two bottles of rare, museum collection Tokaji Aszú were opened in London last week. I was one of a handful of tasters Revolutionary...
Mar 7, 2017


Credit Where Credit is Due: Hawke's Bay's stellar Chardonnays and a debt to Australia
Hawke's Bay is producing stellar Chardonnays, some from vineyards within spitting distance of the Pacific Ocean. Left and centre above,...
Mar 1, 2017


Girls' Night: who'd have thought it...
As I sat on the train reading up about the dinner I was heading for at Northcote in Lancashire, a Michelin-starred restaurant and AA...
Feb 17, 2017


Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2014
Aubert de Villaine, director and co-proprietor of DRC, at Corney & Barrow's London HQ for the tasting The wines were tasted at Corney &...
Feb 10, 2017


Romance in a Wine Bottle
There's no harm in serving up vinous clichés, as long as they're good. These are: two pink Champagnes and two reds that will have your...
Feb 10, 2017


Giving German Pinot Noir some more love
I made the point in last week's Wine of the Week that Germany has never been short of red wines. More than one third of its vineyards are...
Jan 11, 2017


Beaujolais: The Comeback Kid
The famous windmill that gave its name to Moulin-à-Vent, one of the ten crus of Beaujolais I was slightly wary of showing a Beaujolais to...
Jan 9, 2017


The Festive Fortified Wine Guide
Fortified wines are the perfect, relaxing wines to sip when life moves into the slow lane in the evenings and over the festive period....
Dec 20, 2016


What to Drink with Goose? It's easier than you think
People overestimate the difficulty of matching wine to roast goose. I really don't think it's tricky. I do goose at Christmas every year...
Dec 19, 2016


The Festive White Wine Guide 2016
A round-up of white wines – dry first, then sweet – to cover the festive season, whether it's a quiet night in, basic crowd control, or...
Dec 16, 2016
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