£9.75, Oddbins The 2015 vintage was brilliant for Beaujolais, from straight Beaujolais to the ten appellations in their own right at the...

December 29, 2016: prices and stockists updated. I’m writing this a few days after The Wine Gang’s 2016 Ultimate Champagne Evening, so...

£13.99, Waitrose White Châteauneuf-du-Pape comes into the same category as the white Rioja I recommended a couple of weeks ago: everyone...

£14.50, The Wine Society; £95 for 6, domainejones.com The key to the quality and character of this richly fruity Fitou is the age of the...

£14.95, Tanners, tanners-wines.co.uk The name may sound a tad old school, but the wine, I’m happy to say, is not. It’s claret for sure,...

Post updated with more recommendations and more about the crus communaux on 11 November 2016 Muscadet has been having a tough time of it...

£14.99, or £12.99 in a 6-bottle mix, Majestic Seems odd that this is the first white Burgundy I’ve recommended here. I’ve homed in on...

£35.95, The Whisky Exchange; £38.99, Handford Wines; £44.99, Selfridges The first week of October is National Champagne Week. I don’t...

£13.75, Grape & Grind; £13.99, New Forest Wines £14.79, Martinez Wines A southern French red that exudes contemporary polish but not at...

£18.95, Yapp Brothers Brézème. Excuse me? If you haven’t heard of this tiny French wine region you won’t be alone. If you have heard of...

£8.50, The Wine Society There are much showier Alsace wines, not least Gewurztraminer, but for an aperitif or a match for salad,...

£13 until 9 August, then back to £15, Sainsbury's This is one of those ultra-pale rosés that looks almost like white wine but is anything...

I joined The Wine Society as a student. Without doubt it was the wisest expenditure of my three undergraduate years (OK, the only wise...

£16, Oddbins There are lots of misconceptions about red burgundy, two of the most glaring being that it’s a full-bodied wine and always...

£13.50, Cadman Fine Wines I was going to recommend a Rioja from Cadman Fine Wines this week, but I tasted this Morgon on Saturday at a...

£9.50, The Wine Society, £12.95 The Black Dog Wine Company I loved this dry rosé when I tasted it newly shipped in April and I liked it...

£13.50, joiedevin.co.uk I fall in love with too many wines, but this was love at first sip. It’s a dry white from the Loire Valley based...

£9.99, or £7.49–£7.99, when you buy any 6 bottles, Majestic Let’s show the Carignan Blanc grape a bit of love. Mas Lavail’s Carignan is a...

£9.95, The Wine Society Red wines from Languedoc can be pretty big and burly, especially when the grape blend includes, as this does, a...

£7–£9, Marks & Spencer Madiran from southwest France is definitely one of France’s wilder, more rugged red wines. If you’ve bumped into...