WINE OF THE WEEK: Abbotts & Delaunay Domaine de la Métairie d’Alon Pinot Noir Le Village 2015, P
£15.99, or £13.99 in any 6-bottle mix, Majestic This is a best of both worlds Pinot Noir – cherry and raspberry perfume and fruit, gentle...
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- Dec 13, 2017
The Festive Champagne Guide 2017
So here they are: my Champagne picks for Christmas, New Year and every other kind of festivity, whittled down with difficulty to what I...
- Oct 30, 2017
Le Top 100 and other Languedoc beauties
The Wine Gang recently joined forces with Sud de France and 50 wine lovers who’d snapped up all available tickets to spend an evening...
- Sep 28, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Villa Blanche Terret Blanc 2016, Pays d'Oc, France
£8.49, Waitrose Terret Blanc is an ancient grape variety that has languished, unloved, in Languedoc for decades. It gets lobbed into...
- Sep 7, 2017
The best of Beaujolais: visiting some top producers in the crus
I've already written something of my trip to the crus of Beaujolais . Here, in photos and words, is more about the producers and the...
- Aug 31, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Caves d'Esclans Whispering Angel 2016, Côtes de Provence, France
£16.99, Waitrose and independents I’m not letting summer go without another classic, pale rosé from Provence. This, appropriately, is...
- Aug 15, 2017
If I had a vineyard, it would be in...
Until a couple of weeks ago, I’d never seriously wanted a vineyard of my own, but I came back from a trip and found myself frenetically...
- Aug 3, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château-Thébaud Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Granit 2010, Loire, France
£14, Tanners Muscadet growers have been having a tough time of it in the last few years, with devastating frosts this year and last...
- Jul 6, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine La Croix Canat Sancerre Les Blancs Gâteaux 2015, France
£15.99, Cadman Fine Wines You can drink Sancerre at any time of the year and I do – it goes with all sorts of fish and seafood, goats'...
- Jun 15, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Cady Cheninsolite 2015, Anjou, France
£14.99, Waitrose I’ve chosen this full, dry, honeyed Loire Valley white in honour of Drink Chenin Day on Saturday. I could have picked...
- Jun 13, 2017
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 1, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Sancerre Rouge Les Champs Clos 2015, France
£13, Sainsbury's Sancerre Rouge is the archetypal summer red wine – not that that should stop you drinking it at any other time, but it’s...
- May 18, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Gayda Syrah 2015, Pays D'Oc, France
£9.99–£10.15, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Haynes, Hanson & Clark Wines made from Syrah aren’t always light on their feet and they’re not...
- May 4, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Famille Negrel Bandol Rosé La Petite Reine 2016, France
£15.95, From Vineyards Direct Bandol is a small coastal appellation between Marseilles and Toulon within the large Provence region – but...
- Apr 27, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Saint Mont 2015, Saint Mont, France
£9, Marks & Spencer Perfectly timed for the asparagus season, but equally tuned into seafood, chicken, salads and vegetable dishes, comes...
- Apr 20, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Trilles Incantation 2015, Côtes du Roussillon, France
£14.95, Joie de Vin A bewitchingly generous, rich red from the southern reaches of France, not far from the border with Spain and close...
- Mar 30, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Val de Salis Saint-Chinian 2015, Languedoc, France
£7.99, Lidl This hits the shelves today with 39 other wines in Lidl's Easter Collection and is a red to zone in on if you like the...
- Mar 16, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Xavier & Nicolas Barbet Moulin-Ã -Vent 2014, Beaujolais, France
£14.99–£15.49, Hennings Wine, Vineyards of Sherborne Beaujolais is on a roll, as the fashion for big, ripe, oaky blockbusters is replaced...
- Feb 23, 2017
WINE OF THE WEEK: Réserve des Tuguets Madiran 2014, France
£6, Tesco A bargain from Madiran in the foothills of the Pyrenees in south west France, one of my favourite parts of the world and one...
- Jan 9, 2017
Beaujolais: The Comeback Kid
The famous windmill that gave its name to Moulin-Ã -Vent, one of the ten crus of Beaujolais I was slightly wary of showing a Beaujolais to...
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