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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...
Dec 12, 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 30, 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 16, 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...
Nov 15, 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 19, 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...
Oct 5, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Gaia Wines Thalassitis Santorini Assyrtiko 2022, Santorini, Greece
£26.11–£34.85, Tannico, All About Wine, Hic!, Epinoia, Great Wines Direct, Drink Finder, Corking Wines This is slightly outside the...
Sep 21, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Ormarine Villemarin Picpoul de Pinet 2022, Languedoc, France
£9.99, Majestic I can hardly believe that in 400 wines of the week this is the first time I've featured a Picpoul de Pinet. Fitting...
Aug 31, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Mar de Frades Albariño Atlantico 2021, RÃas Baixas, Spain
£16, Tesco There are times when no other white wine seems to fit the mood more than a Galician Albariño. Now is one of them. You can...
Aug 10, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Vasse Felix Filius Chardonnay 2021, Margaret River, Western Australia
£12.99/£14.99, Majestic You wouldn’t know it from this svelte, balanced, bright-eyed Chardonnay, but 2021 was one of the most challenging...
Jul 27, 2023


Going Beyond Sparkling Wine: England's New Still Wines
Chardonnay vines in The King's Vineyard, Rochester, Kent, planted on the site of the vineyard of the medieval priory. Simpsons Wine...
Jun 16, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: La Vis Nosiola 2022, Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy
£12.99, House of Townend You need to let this lithe, young, north Italian white open up in your glass to enjoy it at its best, so pour it...
Jun 15, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Bischel Gau-Algesheim Terra Fusca Riesling Trocken 2020, Rheinhessen, Germany
£26.45, The Wine Barn This page sees too few Rieslings and too few German wines. One wine that falls into both underrepresented camps...
May 25, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Morandé Terrarum Patrimonial Semillon 2022, Maule Valley, Chile
£9.99, Waitrose For the second week running the spotlight is on a wine made from 100-plus year old vines, but this time the wine is...
May 10, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Saint Gayan Sablet L'Oratory 2021, Sablet Côtes du Rhône Villages, France
£15.25, Yapp Brothers If you thought Sablet was a red wine, you would be right. Most of the time. Nine in ten bottles is red, but 10% of...
Apr 27, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Heggies Vineyard Cloudline Chardonnay 2022, Eden Valley, Australia
£13, Co-op With a name like Cloudline, there are no prizes for guessing that this wine comes from high up. At 500m in the Eden Valley,...
Apr 13, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Carvalho Martins Golpe Douro Branco 2021, Douro, Portugal
£13.50, Tanners This recent discovery by Tanners is a gem: a textured, dry white wine with crystalline acidity, a riveting smoky, mineral...
Mar 30, 2023


2020, Another Extraordinary Vintage at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
The magnificent La Tâche 2020 is conspicuous by its absence in this line-up of empty bottles, but it was definitely in the tasting (see...
Mar 20, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Katie Jones Les Vignes Cachées 2021, Vin de France
£15.99, Naked Wines Another winner from the inspiring, indomitable saviour of unloved and old vines, Katie Jones of Domaine Jones in the...
Mar 16, 2023


WINE OF THE WEEK: Cambria Katherine's Vineyard Chardonnay 2019, Santa Maria Valley, California, US
£22.99, Majestic Californian and US wines generally are infrequent visitors to this page, not because I don't appreciate them but because...
Feb 23, 2023
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