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WINE OF THE WEEK: Porcupine Ridge Shiraz 2021, Swartland, South Africa
£5.99 (on offer) Waitrose, £6.50 (on offer) Sainsbury's This plush, generous Cape Shiraz is good value at its full price of £8.49 and a...
Jan 5, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Ventisquero Kalfu Kuda Pinot Noir 2018, Leyda Valley, Chile
£12.99–£16.50, Hedley Wright, Frontier Fine Wines, Fintry Wines, The Wine Reserve, Beaucatcher Wines, Drinkfinder, Cambridge Wine...
Nov 24, 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...
Nov 3, 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: Bodegas La Horra Corimbo I Reserva 2016, Ribera del Duero, Spain
£19–£23, London End Wines, Concept Fine Wines, The Drink Shop (UK), Noble Green Wines, Ellis Wharton Wines Even if you're not looking for...
Oct 20, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Ken Forrester The Misfits Cinsault 2021, Western Cape, South Africa
£9, Tesco A light, limber red that's as full of character as it is of joie de vivre – silky and supple with perfumed, sweet red-berry...
Sep 29, 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


WINE OF THE WEEK: Loved & Found Frappato 2021, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£7.99, Waitrose Everything about this nimble, light-bodied Sicilian red wine is cheery and crowd-pleasing, from the juicy fresh fruit –...
Sep 8, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Malbado Malbec 2019, Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
£12/£14, Asda You might not expect it from the name Malbado, a take on ‘malvado’, the Spanish for ‘the evil one’, but this is a silky and...
Aug 25, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Ramón Bilbao LÃmite Sur Garnacha 2017, Rioja, Spain
£19.95, The Great Wine Co This is a wonderful new take on red Rioja: all energy, intensity, airiness and silky texture carried in an...
Aug 18, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Running With Bulls Tempranillo 2020, South Australia
£8–£9, Tesco, Co-op, This Australian Tempranillo has to be one of the best value reds around. Check: best value wines of any hue and...
Aug 4, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Quinta do Mouro Zagalos Reserva 2017, Alentejano, Portugal
£20, The Wine Society In view of the weather, I almost changed to a white wine this week, the intense, fragrant, beautifully chiselled...
Jul 14, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Petite Immortelle 2018, Côtes du Roussillon Villages, France
£10.90–£12, Gorey Wine Cellar, lovewhatyoueat, Bath Road Beers, Beckford Bottle Shop, Cork of the North, SW Bottle Shop, Red & White An...
Jul 7, 2022


Celebrating English Wines
My picks for the second weekend of English Wine Week celebrations. Not that they're only for English Wine Week. English wines are for...
Jun 24, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Pierre Jaurant Saint-Chinian 2020, Languedoc, France
£5.99, Aldi Saint-Chinian is an appellation I look out for in restaurants. The wines – white and rosé as well as the more abundant reds –...
Jun 23, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Albert Road Pinot Noir by Savage & Louw, Western Cape
£9.49, Waitrose Finding inexpensive Pinot Noir isn’t the challenge it once was, but even so this is a spectacularly good-value example –...
Jun 9, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Château des Fougères La Raison 2012, Graves, France
£16, Tesco I was planning to choose something that shouted summer more obviously this week, but along came a timely reminder that you...
Jun 2, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Tringario Ludopata Marselan 2020, Colchagua Valley, Chile
£17.50–£17.99, Grape Expectations, Novel Wines If you fancy an unusual, high quality, yet effortlessly approachable red, this rare...
May 19, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Adnams Barolo del Commune di Serralunga d'Alba 2015, Italy
£24.99, Adnams If you're wedded to Rioja or red Bordeaux for Easter, don't let me stop you, but if you want something different, yet...
Apr 14, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaines Lupier El Terroir 2015, Navarra, Spain
£19.99, Marlo Wine The old Garnacha vines that produce this fragrant, concentrated red date back to 1903 and come from up to 27...
Mar 31, 2022
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