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The Festive Sweet and Fortified Wine Guide 2023
There's just time to get in some sweet and fortified recommendations in for Christmas, together with the all-important pairing...
Dec 19, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Michele Chiarlo Nivole Moscato d’Asti 2021, Italy
£16.17 (75cl), Great Wines Direct; £9.90–£11.50 (37.5cl), Vinvm, Oddbins, Noble Green Wines, The Whalley Wine Shop, Great Wines Direct...
Aug 11, 2022


The Festive Sweet, Sticky and Fortified Wine Guide 2021
As ever, my annual sweet and fortified wine guide is the place to rummage for many of the wine world's greatest bargains. More than that,...
Dec 21, 2021


The Festive Sweet, Sticky and Fortified Guide 2020
Sweet wines and fortified wines, dry as well as medium and sweet, are some of the wine world's greatest bargains. They're wonderfully...
Dec 18, 2020


The Festive Sweet, Sticky and Fortified Guide
Sweet and fortified wines come into their own at this time of year – for entertaining, sipping quietly and contemplatively, or giving as...
Dec 20, 2017


The Year they Tried to Erase: 1956 Tokaji
Two bottles of rare, museum collection Tokaji Aszú were opened in London last week. I was one of a handful of tasters Revolutionary...
Mar 7, 2017


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


Keep Up Your Strength: Festive Fortifieds
Fortified wines are among the wine world's great bargains. They make excellent presents and it's worth pointing out here that the rare...
Dec 18, 2015
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