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WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Jones Fitou Vieilles Vignes 2021/2022, Fitou, France
£14–14.50, Booths, The Wine Society and independents It’s likely that grapes from my adopted vine at Domaine Jones are in both these...
Aug 3, 2023


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,...
Jul 19, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Amstramgram Pomone Vin Orange 2022, Vin de France
£14.25–£15.95, Grape & Grind, Carruthers & Kent, Wild & Lees If an electric orange colour sounds alarming and likely to indicate a wine...
Jun 29, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Jean-Luc Baldès Malbec du Clos 2020, Cahors, France
£8.49/£10.99, Waitrose I’m delighted to see this on the shelves. We don’t see enough Cahors in the UK. It has a reputation for being a...
Jun 8, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Chevallier-Bernard Jongieux Mondeuse 2019, Savoie, France
£15.70, Tanners Wines It’s been a long time coming but here at last is a Mondeuse as wine of the week. Dark in colour, aromatic,...
May 18, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Immortelle 2019, Côtes du Roussillon Villages, France
£19.95–£22.50, Red & White, The Somerset Wine Company I recommended the little sibling of this red last year, Petite Immortelle. Now it's...
May 4, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Saint Gayan Sablet L'Oratory 2021, Sablet Côtes du Rhône Villages, France
£15.25, Yapp Brothers If you thought Sablet was a red wine, you would be right. Most of the time. Nine in ten bottles is red, but 10% of...
Apr 27, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Les Argelières Pinot Noir Grande Cuvée 2021, Pays d'Oc, France
£9.49, House of Townend I thought that naming this Grande Cuvée might be a bit over the top, but it turns out to be an impressive French...
Mar 23, 2023


2020, Another Extraordinary Vintage at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
The magnificent La Tâche 2020 is conspicuous by its absence in this line-up of empty bottles, but it was definitely in the tasting (see...
Mar 20, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Katie Jones Les Vignes Cachées 2021, Vin de France
£15.99, Naked Wines Another winner from the inspiring, indomitable saviour of unloved and old vines, Katie Jones of Domaine Jones in the...
Mar 16, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: L'Arène des Anges Costières de Nîmes 2021, Rhône, France
£8.49, Waitrose This is just the kind of comfortingly generous, young Southern French red to put a spring in your step, especially when...
Mar 9, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Arbousset Tavel 2021, Rhône, France
£12, Tesco Tavel in the southern Rhône is France's only appellation (AOC) to produce rosé exclusively and it's never afraid to be bold in...
Feb 16, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Lions de Suduiraut Blanc Sec 2021, Bordeaux, France
£19.95, Cambridge Wine Merchants White Bordeaux has never really established an identity that’s captured hearts and minds like white...
Feb 2, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine des Marrans Fleurie Lieu-dit 'Champagne' 2019, Fleurie, France
£19.50, Tanners; £21.11, Quality Wines Somerset Fleurie is supposed to be the most perfumed of the 10 Beaujolais Crus and this wine...
Jan 26, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Jacques Boncoeur Brut Réserve Champagne, France
£22 (on offer), Bon Coeur Fine Wines A timely reminder that in the season of the cheery Champagne deal supermarkets are not the only...
Dec 1, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Olivier Coste Rare Carignan Blanc 2021, Vin de France
£13, Vino Gusto, Wine and the Vine, Strictly Wine, Great Wines Direct, Corking Wines and other independents* I’ve been waiting to feature...
Nov 17, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Gérard Bertrand Orange Gold 2020, Vin de France
£15, Ocado; Vinatis UK, All About Wine It's only four weeks and three intervening red wines since this slot was last occupied by an...
Nov 10, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Big Beltie Cabernet Sauvignon 2021, Pays d'Oc, France
£9–£10.95, House of Townend, Lush Wines, The Grape & The Good, The Whalley Wine Shop, South Downs Cellars, Richardsons of Whitehaven I'll...
Oct 27, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: La Cendrillon Nuance 2020, Vin de France
£13.20, Tanners Wines Wines rarely feature in this slot twice, but the 2018 vintage of La Cendrillon Nuance was my Wine of the Week in...
Oct 6, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Garrigue Grande 2020, Coteaux de la Cabrerisse, Languedoc, France
£7.99, in any 12 bottle mix Laithwaites I think this is a first for me – and likely to be for most wine drinkers – a Coteaux de la...
Sep 15, 2022
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