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WINE OF THE WEEK: Cum Vineis Sclavis Schiava 2022, Trentino, Italy
This buoyantly fruity, fresh, dry north Italian red wine has a spring in its step and is a good choice for Valentine's Day

Jan 23
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cantina La Vis Ritratti Pinot Grigio 2022, Trentino, Italy
If Italian Pinot Grigio is the sort of white wine you normally pass by, stay with me because there's another kind: Pinot Grigio with flavour


Dec 5, 2024
WINE OF THE WEEK: Masi Campofiorin 2020, Rosso Verona, Italy
This versatile, festive Italian red wine can be drunk this Christmas or any time over the next five years


Nov 28, 2024
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cortese Vanedda Bianco 2021, Terre Siciliane, Italy
This alluring, richly textured, complex and very individual dry wine was inspired by the way white wines were made in the past


Oct 23, 2024
Exciting Italian Red Wines from Marchesi Alfieri, Rocche Costamagna and Castello di Vicarello
Tasting notes with food pairings for seven notable wines from two estates in Piedmont and one in Tuscany


Aug 22, 2024
Prime Time for Pink: 22 Rosés to See Out Summer 2024
Summer was late coming this year and so is my round-up rosés, but here it is, new wines and new vintages of old favourites, blazing a trail


Jun 13, 2024
WINE OF THE WEEK: Villa Cafaggio Chianti Classico 2021, Italy
A great value, food-friendly Chianti Classico from an organic estate in the heart of the region


May 9, 2024
WINE OF THE WEEK: Remastered Sangiovese 2022, Romagna, Italy
When I want an easygoing, inexpensive Italian red wine, I'll go for this Remastered Sangiovese from Romagna


Apr 30, 2024
Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino 2010–2019 – Three Vintages of the Century and Counting
To celebrate the international release of the Poggio di Sotto’s 2019 Brunello, winemaker Leonardo Berti hosted a vertical tasting in London


Dec 14, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Mainente Vigna Cengelle Soave 2022, Italy
£12.50, Stone,Vine & Sun If you think of Soave as, at best, an inoffensive dry white wine that you can safely ignore except when the only...


Nov 15, 2023
High-flying, High-altitude Italian Wines
Vineyards protected by cold northern winds at Tenuta San Leonardo, Italy's answer to elegant, first-growth Bordeaux When I chose the 14...


Nov 9, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Querciabella Ardalico Chianti Classico 2020, Italy
£19.99, Waitrose This very pretty, fruit-forward, young Chianti Classico is named after Ardalico, a character in the epic novel Orlando...


Oct 12, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Tedeschi Capitel San Rocco Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2019, Veneto, Italy
£16.99–£23.70, Roberts & Speight, Fareham Wine Cellar, Tannico UK, Vinvm, Village Wines, York Wines, Wine Utopia I could happily drink...


Sep 14, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Santa Tresa Insieme Orange Wine 2022, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£14.75, Vintage Roots If you’re in the business of writing about or selling wine, it's easy to think that orange wine is now so...


Jul 20, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Santa Tresa Rina Russa Frappato 2022, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£8.99 (on current offer), Waitrose There are quite a lot of red wines that you can drink lightly chilled if you want to and there's a...


Jul 19, 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,...


Jun 15, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: La Vis Nosiola 2022, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy
£12.99, House of Townend You need to let this lithe, young, north Italian white open up in your glass to enjoy it at its best, so pour it...


Apr 20, 2023
WINE OF THE WEEK: Mandrarossa Cartagho 2018/19, Sicilia, Italy
£18.20–£24.50, Tannico, Vinvm, XtraWine, Shelved Wine, Hic! Wine Merchants, Eton Vintners I don't often do split vintages, but these...


Feb 14, 2023
Ornellaia 2020: Proof That There's No Recipe
Same lighter weight bottle as its predecessor, but the 2020 is embossed at shoulder level with the Ornellaia logo. An invitation to...


Nov 3, 2022
WINE OF THE WEEK: Donnafugata La Bella Sedà ra 2019, Sicilia, Italy
£14.99, Waitrose We've been hearing so much about the wines of Etna, not to mention Sicily's nimble, red-fruited Frappato, that it's easy...
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