4 days agoWINE OF THE WEEK: La Garnacha Salvaje del Moncayo 2018, Spain£8.49, Majestic Maybe it's auto suggestion, but there's a lovely off-the-beaten-track mountain wildness (salvaje means wild) to this old-...
Jul 2WINE OF THE WEEK: Mar de Frades Albariño 2019, Rías Baixas, Spain £18.29–£18.95, NY Wines (Cambridge), The Great Wine Co A chilled glass of Galician Albariño is the wine to have when you long to feel the...
Jun 25WINE OF THE WEEK: Ca' Viola Dolcetto d'Alba Vilot 2019, Piedmont, Italy£15.50/£13.80, Haynes Hanson & Clark When Piemonte Dolcetto is as good as Ca' Viola Vilot, it's an absolute treat, living up to its name ...
Jun 18WINE OF THE WEEK: Miguel Torres Cordillera Chardonnay 2018/19, Limarí Valley, Chile £12.50–£14.50, Fareham Wine Cellar, Waitrose, Vinvm, Wadebridge Wines I don't normally do split vintages, but the 2018 and 2019 of this C...
Jun 11WINE OF THE WEEK: Château la Canorgue Rouge 2017, Luberon, France£15.95, Yapp Brothers I wasn't planning to do another Provence red as Wine of the Week so soon, but I can't resist this and it's altogeth...
Jun 4WINE OF THE WEEK: Fidora Tenuta Civranetta Pinot Grigio 2019, Venezia, Italy£8.58, Jascots Pinot Grigio has to work hard to earn itself a place as Wine of the Week. It's not that I don't like the grape variety. I ...
May 28WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Vignelaure 2012, Coteaux d'Aix en Provence, France £17, The Wine Society Château Vignelaure's red wine is an old favourite but one that I hadn't tasted for a few years. One of the things I...
May 21WINE OF THE WEEK: ArmAs Voskehat 2018, Aragatsotn, Armenia£15, The Daily Drinker, Fintry Wines, Noble Green Wines, North and South Wines I recommended a red from the ArmAs winery in my Festive Re...
May 14WINE OF THE WEEK: d'Arenberg The Footbolt Shiraz 2017, McLaren Vale Australia£12–£14.99, Tesco, The Wine Society, Great Western Wine, ND John, Winepig Unashamedly full-throated Aussie Shiraz from a family-owned and...
May 7WINE OF THE WEEK: El Viaje de Ramón Garnacha Rosé 2019, Rioja, Spain £7 (on offer), Co-op A pale, dry, easygoing rosé that should be a dream for anyone who loves both Provence rosé and Rioja. It's light on ...
Apr 30WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Carignan 2018, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon£17–£21, Great Grog, WoodWinters, The Wriggly Tin Wine Company, Borough Wines Old vines, old winery – Lebanon's first commercial one in 1...
Apr 23WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine André Colonge et Fils Fleurie 2017, France £15.20, Tanners Wines It's not just a beguiling name for a pretty wine. Good Fleurie has hidden depth, often ageing well for four or five...
Apr 16WINE OF THE WEEK: Brokenwood Thompson's Road Hunter Valley Semillon 2018, Australia£8.99/£9.99, Waitrose Hunter Valley Semillon isn't like Sémillon from anywhere else (and I'm not talking about the absence of the accent)...
Apr 9WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Mourchon Séguret Tradition 2017, Séguret Côtes du Rhône, France£14.99–£16.95, Averys of Bristol , Black Dog Wines (UK) I’m often surprised by the wines I find I haven’t featured here before. This esta...
Apr 2WINE OF THE WEEK: The Doctors' Sauvignon Blanc 2019, Marlborough New Zealand £8–£10, Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado, Booths The name of last week's wine of the week translated as "no fuss". This week it's The Doctors. It c...
Mar 26WINE OF THE WEEK: Pas d'Histoires Le Rouge Syrah 2018, Pays d'Oc, France£14, Red Squirrel Wine The name of this wine, "no fuss", may seem oddly inappropriate right now, but it's the kind of mellifluous, carefr...
Mar 19WINE OF THE WEEK: Boccantino Passerina Terre di Chieti 2018, Abruzzi, Italy£11, The Daily Drinker The Passerina grape is an old variety grown in central Italy, especially in Terre di Chieti in the Abruzzi, but yo...
Mar 12WINE OF THE WEEK: L'Arpenty Chinon 2018, Loire, France£14.75, Yapp Brothers I've enjoyed a lot of vintages of the Desbourdes family's l'Arpenty Chinon over the years, so I'm surprised that it...
Mar 5WINE OF THE WEEK: Mullineux Old Vines White 2018, Swartland, South Africa£22.99–£24.99, AG Wines, Berry Bros & Rudd, Hay Wines, The Wine Reserve I've loved every vintage of this wine I've tasted. It shows the v...
Feb 27WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli Regional Reserve Pinot Noir 2018, Yarra Valley, Australia £11.95–£12.99, Saxtys Wines, Quantock Abbey Wine, Adnams This is not a wine that's going to stand out on the shelf, but it deserves to. B...