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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 28, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Running With Bulls South Australia Tempranillo 2014, Australia
£7.99, Co-op Running With Bulls is one of the new breed (excuse the pun) of Australian wines made from non-traditional grape varieties....
Sep 7, 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 31, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Zorzal Eggo Malbec 2015, Guantallary, Mendoza, Argentina
£16, Marks & Spencer Eggs are quite a thing in wine nowadays. Not egg whites for fining red wines but large cement or concrete eggs for...
Jul 27, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: The Fire Tree Vermentino 2016, Terre Siciliane, Italy
Aldi, £4.69 I'm as stunned by the price of this wine as you are. It's my cheapest Wine of the Week so far, and at a time when prices of...
Jun 22, 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 15, 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...
Jun 1, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Jackson Estate Stich Sauvignon Blanc 2016, Marlborough, New Zealand
£11.99 in a 6-bottle mix, Majestic Some of the previous vintages of Jackson’s Stich Sauvignon have tasted more pungently green and tangy....
May 25, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Morrisons The Best Priorat 2014, Spain
£10, Morrisons A textbook red from the rugged, once remote but now famed, Catalonian region of Priorat that lies inland from Tarragona....
May 11, 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 27, 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 30, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Feudo di Santa Tresa Frappato 2015, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£8.99–£9.99, Adnams, Vintage Roots, Ocado It would be hard to come up with a red wine more full of the joys of spring than this juicy,...
Mar 2, 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...
Feb 23, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Vasse Felix Filius Chardonnay 2016, Margaret River, Australia
£12.99, Waitrose I love a good Chardonnay – anything from taut, streamlined, mineral Chablis to fuller, richer, barrel-aged styles. But...
Feb 16, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Bellingham The Bernard Series Whole Bunch Roussanne 2015, Paarl, South Africa
£10, Sainsbury's Roussanne is a peach of a white grape variety from the northern Rhône, but it’s susceptible to all sorts of pests and...
Jan 12, 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...
Jan 9, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Stepp Pinot Noir 'S' 2015, Pfalz, Germany
£15, selected Marks & Spencer Hands up if you didn’t know Germany made red wine. Quite a show of hands, I bet. In fact, Germany has never...
Jan 5, 2017


WINE OF THE WEEK: Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2014, Rhône, France
£10.99, Co-op If you’re looking for a heartwarming, generous red for the festive feast this Châteauneuf-du-Pape is just the wine, whether...
Dec 21, 2016


The Festive White Wine Guide 2016
A round-up of white wines – dry first, then sweet – to cover the festive season, whether it's a quiet night in, basic crowd control, or...
Dec 16, 2016


The Festive Red Wine Guide 2016
Updated 15 December to take in a Christmas offer price in the Co-op – £5 off its Chateauneuf-du-Pape A round-up of red wines of all...
Dec 14, 2016
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