A Pit Stop with Pedro Parra in Chile
The genie in the pit: Pedro Parra in one of thousands of soil pits (calicatas) he has dug, but this one is special: it's amid vines in...
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- Apr 30, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Carignan 2018, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
£17–£21, Great Grog, WoodWinters, The Wriggly Tin Wine Company, Borough Wines Old vines, old winery – Lebanon's first commercial one in...
- Apr 23, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine André Colonge et Fils Fleurie 2017, France
£15.20, Tanners Wines It's not just a beguiling name for a pretty wine. Good Fleurie has hidden depth, often ageing well for four or five...
- Apr 9, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Mourchon Séguret Tradition 2017, Séguret Côtes du Rhône, France
£14.99–£16.95, Averys of Bristol , Black Dog Wines (UK) I’m often surprised by the wines I find I haven’t featured here before. This...
- Apr 7, 2020
The New Order at Luce: New Wine, Winemaker and Winery and a Retrospective Tasting
Looking across the Luce vineyards to Frescobaldi's Tenuta di Castelgiocondo in southwest Montalcino in the November sunshine The text of...
- Mar 26, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Pas d'Histoires Le Rouge Syrah 2018, Pays d'Oc, France
£14, Red Squirrel Wine The name of this wine, "no fuss", may seem oddly inappropriate right now, but it's the kind of mellifluous,...
- Mar 12, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: L'Arpenty Chinon 2018, Loire, France
£14.75, Yapp Brothers I've enjoyed a lot of vintages of the Desbourdes family's l'Arpenty Chinon over the years, so I'm surprised that it...
- Feb 27, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli Regional Reserve Pinot Noir 2018, Yarra Valley, Australia
£11.95–£12.99, Saxtys Wines, Quantock Abbey Wine, Adnams This is not a wine that's going to stand out on the shelf, but it deserves to....
- Feb 20, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Altano Organic Douro 2017, Portugal
£10.50–£11.80, Booths, Waitrose, Davy's Wine, Tanners Wine, The Wine Shop (Knaresborough) I'd like to think that my venture into...
- Feb 6, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Finca Constancia Entre Lunas Organic Tempranillo Moon Wine 2017, Castilla, Spain
£8.50 on offer, Sainsbury's The name of this wine is so long I couldn't fit in its designation, Vino de la Tierra, but that's what it is:...
- Jan 30, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Vachnadziani Saperavi, Kakheti, Georgia
£9.59–£11, Fintry Wines, Vineyards Wine Shop, The Solent Cellar, Noble Green Wines What took me so long? Georgia has been making wine for...
- Jan 2, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Les Nivières Saumur 2017, Saumur, France
£7.49 on offer, Waitrose A red wine that's all about blackcurrant and currant-leaf fruit and freshness and soft-textured graphitey...
- Dec 23, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur 2016, France
£8 (on offer), Tesco I'm posting this week's wine three days ahead of schedule because it seems a lot more useful to highlight it when...
- Dec 19, 2019
WINE OF WEEK: Le Volte dell'Ornellaia 2016, Toscana, Italy
£19.99, Majestic; £20.99–£22.95, Hard to Find Wines, Armit, Caviste, Davy's This would be a wonderful bottle for the festive table if...
- Dec 4, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Purato Siccari Appassimento 2018, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£7.99–£8.99, Ocado and Majestic Organic, vegan-friendly and sustainable (vegetable ink, recycled paper, glass and cardboard), but there’s...
- Dec 2, 2019
The Festive Red Wine Guide 2019
My round up of red wines to take you through all kinds of festivities - major, minor and in some cases festivities for years to come....
- Nov 28, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Puygueraud 2011, Francs Côtes de Bordeaux, France
£20.95 / £19.25, Lea & Sandeman The 2011 vintage in Bordeaux tends to be dismissed with faint praise – if that. Certainly, it was uneven...
- Nov 14, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Dominique Piron Morgon La Chanaise 2017, France
Waitrose, £14.99 Good Beaujolais can be so enjoyable on its own that even lifelong devotees don't always realise just how versatile the...
- Nov 7, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Taste the Difference Western Australia Shiraz 2018, Australia
£6.75, Sainsbury's I thought the price must be an error when I saw it in the tasting booklet. Whoever heard of a red from Western...
- Oct 24, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Castello Collemassari Montecucco Rosso Riserva 2015, Tuscany, Italy
£14.99, Waitrose This is the perfect wine for people who like the thought of Chianti but sometimes find the reality too lean and...
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