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Cheap, Cheery Party Wines

Still and sparkling wines that are easy to drink, don’t need food and are available on the high street – five of them at under £7.50. For...

Quiz Time! A wine quiz with answers

The purpose of this blog is to provide you with some material for Christmas quizzes, longueurs in the conversation, one-upmanship with...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Mud House Pinot Noir 2014

£9.75, Tesco, £11, Sainsbury's, £9.99/£14.99, Majestic The juicy, sweet fruit and almost tannin-free suppleness of a good New Zealand...

Festive Red Wines

Ten red wines to serve with the Christmas feast Wines listed in ascending order of price. I've given a UK stockist (or two) for each, but...

What does a winemaker do when he doesn't like his own wine?

Marcelo Papa, winemaker for Concha Y Toro, Chile What a difference a year makes. It’s a statement of the obvious where wine is concerned,...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Uvaggio Primitivo 2011, California

£14.95, Berry Bros & Rudd, bbr.com It’s a bit late to be thinking of this for Thanksgiving, but it’s not too late for the Christmas...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Taste the Difference Priorat 2013

£10, Sainsbury's You can pay a small fortune for a wine from the remote, hilly region of Priorat in Catalonia – home to some of Spain’s...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Zensa Nero d’Avola 2013

£10.50, Oddbins, oddbins.com Love the retro label, love the wine - a full-on, spicy, cherry-scented red that will go down a treat (as...

WINE OF THE WEEK: The Lot Series Apalta Colchagua Carmenère 2012

£7.99, Aldi Maybe you already buy wine at Aldi. If you don't, maybe you'll want to reconsider… At a tenner, the red I've chosen is one of...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Berry Bros & Rudd Côtes du Rhône Rouge 2012

£10.75, Berry Bros & Rudd Côtes du Rhône can be simple and quaffable or a bit rough around the edges or it can come with smart...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Bolney Estate Pinot Noir 2013

£15.99, Waitrose There are going to be plenty of opportunities to hunker down with big, beefy reds in the months to come, so here, for...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Masi Campofiorin Rosso del Veronese 2011

£9.99, Waitrose Think of this as an alternative to a goose-down duvet, a red to snuggle up with as the evenings get chillier: a soft,...

WINES OF THE WEEK: Asda's Wine Atlas range

£4.97, Asda Wine Atlas Bobal A mouthful of juicy, dark cherries with a hint of bakewell tart and peppery, liquoricey chewiness make this...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Pasico Bush Vine Monastrell Shiraz 2014

£6.50, Sainsbury's A young Spanish red made without any ageing in oak so that the bright, bold flavours are all about fruit and spice -...

WINE OF THE WEEK: La Bohème Act Four Syrah Gamay 2013

£14.75, Oddbins A wine for opera lovers, Puccini fans, incurable romantics and anyone who likes full, generously fruity, soft-textured...

WINE OF THE WEEK: Primo di Conti Côtes de Bergerac 2012

£11, Marks & Spencer If this dark, handsome, cassis and cedar-scented red was from Bordeaux, it would be more expensive, but the wines of...