WINE OF THE WEEK: Fidora Tenuta Civranetta Pinot Grigio 2019, Venezia, Italy
£8.58, Jascots Pinot Grigio has to work hard to earn itself a place as Wine of the Week. It's not that I don't like the grape variety. I...
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- May 21, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: ArmAs Voskehat 2018, Aragatsotn, Armenia
£15, The Daily Drinker, Fintry Wines, Noble Green Wines, North and South Wines I recommended a red from the ArmAs winery in my Festive...
- May 13, 2020
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...
- Apr 16, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Brokenwood Thompson's Road Hunter Valley Semillon 2018, Australia
£8.99/£9.99, Waitrose Hunter Valley Semillon isn't like Sémillon from anywhere else (and I'm not talking about the absence of the...
- Apr 2, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Doctors' Sauvignon Blanc 2019, Marlborough New Zealand
£8–£10, Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado, Booths The name of last week's wine of the week translated as "no fuss". This week it's The Doctors. It...
- Mar 19, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Boccantino Passerina Terre di Chieti 2018, Abruzzi, Italy
£11, The Daily Drinker The Passerina grape is an old variety grown in central Italy, especially in Terre di Chieti in the Abruzzi, but...
- Feb 13, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Weingut Müller-Grossmann Furth Kremstal Riesling 2018, Austria
£14.40, Tanners Wines If you're in the UK you may wonder at my recommending a Riesling in the currently comfortless weather – not only...
- Jan 23, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Paul Ginglinger Alsace Gewurztraminer Wahlenbourg 2017, France
£14.50, The Wine Society This is another wine, like last week's, that would be a good choice for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but...
- Jan 9, 2020
WINE OF THE WEEK: Guerila Pinela 2018, Vipavska Dolina, Slovenia
£15, The Daily Drinker The repository for so many intriguing wines, The Daily Drinker, has come up trumps again with its featured winter...
- Dec 13, 2019
The Festive Champagne Guide 2019
Writing my annual Festive Champagne Guide is, as you can imagine, no hardship, not least because I have tasted everything in it recently....
- Dec 12, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: The Best Marqués De Los Rios Rioja Blanco Reserva 2015, Spain
£13, Morrisons Made for Morrisons' The Best range by Baron de Ley, one of Rioja's commendable, big players, this combines the best of...
- Dec 11, 2019
The Festive White Wine Guide 2019
My round-up of white wines from around the globe to cover Christmas and all the other festivities from simple supper to a big splash that...
- Nov 27, 2019
Festive Fizz 2019: anything but Champagne
The first of the season's round-ups of recommendations is sparkling wines, from far and near but not Champagne – that gets its own show...
- Nov 21, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Réthoré Davy Parcelles Chardonnay 2018, Val de Loire, France
£10.35/£9.20, Haynes Hanson & Clark This is beautifully expressive, unoaked cool-climate Chardonnay – both vibrant and generous, with...
- Oct 31, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Alheit Vineyards Limited Release Chenin Blanc 2018, Western Cape, South Africa
£14.99, Majestic Welcome back, Majestic. After we nearly lost the pioneering wine warehouse chain altogether earlier this year, it’s good...
- Oct 17, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Joseph Perrier Cuvée Royale Brut Champagne, France
£34/£27, Tanners Wines I wasn't planning to do Champagne this week, but now is the time to stock up on this Joseph Perrier. The current...
- Oct 10, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Ramón Bilbao Edición Limitada LÃas Verdejo 2017, Rueda, Spain
£15.50–£15.95, Great Western Wine, NY Wines I'm not a notably seasonal drinker – it's more of a case of whatever I feel like whenever...
- Sep 26, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Bodegas MartÃnez Paiva Solo I Cayetana 2018, Ribera del Guadiana, Spain
£14, The Daily Drinker A weighty, characterful dry white made from Cayetana Blanca, an old variety that goes under a variety of names in...
- Aug 15, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de la Cendrillon Nuance 2018, Vin de France
£12.80/£10.60, Tanners Wines This wonderfully original and delicious dry white is from a family-owned and run organic estate in Corbières...
- Aug 8, 2019
WINE OF THE WEEK: Haywire Secrest Mountain Chardonnay 2017, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada
£19.99, Selfridges Visiting British Columbia’s breathtaking Okanagan Valley for the first time last year was one of the most eye-opening...
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