#white

Aug 22

WINE OF THE WEEK: Waitrose Loved & Found Cerceal 2023, Dão, Portugal

This crisp, dry Portuguese white is an ideal wine to see you through to the end of the summer season

Jul 4

WINE OF THE WEEK: Juan Gil Jumilla Blanco 2023, Jumilla, Spain

This refreshing, dry and aromatic Spanish Muscat is a perfect whie wine for summer drinking

Jul 2

Exploring Wines in Utiel-Requena With Bodegas Hispano+Suizas: Far more than Bobal and a Long Way from Bulk Wine

The quality-focused Hispano+Suizas winery is helping to transform the reputation of southeast Spain's Utiel-Requena wine region

Jun 20

WINE OF THE WEEK: Abbotts & Delaunay Viognier Les Fleurs Sauvages 2022, Pays d'Oc, France

This sunny Viognier from the south of France is all orange blossom fragrance, juicy white-peach fruit and buoyant freshness

Jun 6

WINE OF THE WEEK: Les Montys Le Parc Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie 2021, Loire, France

As I scheduled this stellar organic Muscadet in for today, I noticed that it’s National Fish & Chip Day. A perfect pairing!

May 16

WINE OF THE WEEK: Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Riesling 2021/2022, South Australia

Two vintages of a classic, mouthwatering Eden Valley dry Riesling to pair with prawns, scallops, smoked and white fish, and salads

May 2

WINE OF THE WEEK: Spoke Awatere Sauvignon Blanc 2023, Marlborough, New Zealand

It’s hard to stand out in a field as crowded as Marlborough Sauvignon. Spoke Awatere does it with dazzling fruit and a streak of minerality

Apr 4

WINE OF THE WEEK: Kir-Yianni Assyrtiko 2022, Florina, Macedonia, Greece

£14.99, Laithwaites Assyrtiko from mainland Greece can come seem a bit underpowered in comparison with the volcanic mineral intensity and...

Mar 21

WINE OF THE WEEK: La Nouvelle Lune Chardonnay 2021, Val de Loire, France

£15.99, Adnams This lovely, willowy Chardonnay couldn’t be more Spring-like. With drifting floral, quince and cashew-nut aromas, supple...

Mar 7

WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Favray Mathilde de Favray Pouilly Fumé 2022, Loire, France

£19, Ocado, Marks & Spencer The 2022 vintage was a cracking year for Pouilly Fumé, Sancerre and the other wines of the Centre-Loire. It...

Feb 22

WINE OF THE WEEK: Laurent Savoye Mâcon-Chaintré Les Perrières 2020, Burgundy, France

£21.85, Private Cellar Laurent Savoye is best known for his Domaine des Combiers Beaujolais wines, but in 2020 he made this creamy,...

Feb 8

WINE OF THE WEEK: Castel Mimi Animaliens Viorica Feteascā Alba 2022, Moldova

£12.50, Tanners Wines This is only the second Moldovan wine to occupy the Wine of the Week slot and neither of the grape varieties has...

Jan 25

WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine l'Ancienne Cure Jour de Fruit Bergerac Sec 2022, France

£16.15, Yapp Brothers The Roche family are better known for their Domaine l'Ancienne Cure Monbazillac but they have long produced very...

Dec 14, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Mainente Vigna Cengelle Soave 2022, Italy

£12.50, Stone,Vine & Sun If you think of Soave as, at best, an inoffensive dry white wine that you can safely ignore except when the only...

Dec 12, 2023

The Festive White and Rosé Wine Guide 2023

Welcome to my roundup of 21 white and rosé wines for the festive season. Ranging freely through styles, regions, grape varieties and...

Nov 30, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Ixsir Altitudes White 2022, Lebanon

£24, The Great Wine Co. Calling all Condrieu fans – this unusual, aromatic Lebanese white wine might well appeal to you. Viognier is the...

Nov 16, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Courbin Héritage Graves Blanc 2022, Bordeaux, France

£13.95, Stone, Vine & Sun There were three white wines from UK wine merchant Stone, Vine & Sun that I wanted to make Wine of the Week. In...

Nov 15, 2023

High-flying, High-altitude Italian Wines

Vineyards protected by cold northern winds at Tenuta San Leonardo, Italy's answer to elegant, first-growth Bordeaux When I chose the 14...

Oct 19, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Saint Mont Grande Cuvée 2020, Saint Mont, France

£9.50, Tesco It’s no secret that I’m a fan of wines from the appellations in southwest France that treasure their little-known indigenous...

Oct 5, 2023

WINE OF THE WEEK: Clunia Albillo 2021, Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y Leon, Spain

£17.49, House of Townend In small letters on the label of Clunia Albillo, it says 'Viñedo Extremo Cultivado a 1000m'. Fair enough. An...