#Cinsault

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,...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Ken Forrester The Misfits Cinsault 2021, Western Cape, South Africa

£9, Tesco A light, limber red that's as full of character as it is of joie de vivre – silky and supple with perfumed, sweet red-berry...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Musar Jeune Red 2019, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

£11, Booths supermarkets; £12.50–£14.95, many independents* This is Chateau Musar's third red wine, a fruity, unoaked blend of Cinsault,...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Stellenrust Stellenbosch Manor Cinsault 2019, South Africa

£7.99 (on offer), Waitrose It hasn't come soon enough but Cinsault (or Cinsaut) has finally shed the label 'workhorse' that stalked it...

A Pit Stop with Pedro Parra in Chile

The genie in the pit: Pedro Parra in one of thousands of soil pits (calicatas) he has dug, but this one is special: it's amid vines in...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Craven Cinsault 2017, Stellenbosch, South Africa

£21.50–£22, Berry Bros & Rudd, Philglas & Swiggot, The Old Bridge Wine Shop If ever there was proof that warm climates can produce...