WINE OF THE WEEK: Famille Bougrier La Grande Réserve Touraine Chenonceaux 2017, Loire, France
£11.99, in any 6-bottle mix, Majestic Touraine Chenonceaux is a small appellation on the River Cher east of Tours, created as recently as...
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- Sep 6, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Taste the Difference Saint-Chinian Syrah Grenache 2016, Saint-Chinian, France
£9 (or £8 on offer), Sainsbury's This is the new vintage of a generous, warm-hearted red blend that's one of the best wines in...
- Aug 30, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Château de Cruzeau Blanc 2015, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France
£17.99, Waitrose It may seem unlikely that any sort of Bordeaux wine is underrated or not as well known as it should be, but white...
- Aug 23, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Tanners Super Douro Reserva 2015, Douro, Portugal
£14.50, Tanners Wines It was a hard choice: Tanners Côtes du Rhône, an absolute charmer from the very good 2016 vintage, or this Douro...
- Aug 22, 2018
Inspiring island wines: reds from Sicily and Sardinia
Update, September 4, 2018: the Etna Rosso and Barbazzale are now out of stock, so the mixed case is no longer available, but the rest of...
- Aug 16, 2018
Peerless Provence: the rosés of Sacha Lichine at D'Esclans
As I said in my Around the world in rosé blog, I'm a great admirer of the wines from Sacha Lichine's d'Esclans estate in Côtes de...
- Aug 16, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Nicosia Fondo Filara Etna Bianco 2017, Etna, Sicily, Italy
£12.50, The Wine Society This mouthwatering, mineral dry white combines two of my enthusiasms: wines from volcanic soils and island...
- Aug 15, 2018
Around the world in rosé: 16 rosés from four continents in every shade and shape
Alphonse Mellot Le Paradis Sancerre Rosé 2017, France Ravishing Pinot Noir rosé from one of Sancerre's great wine families. Long, slow...
- Aug 9, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Zalze Shiraz Mourvèdre Viognier 2016, Western Cape, South Africa
£6 on offer, Morrisons and Asda A richly fruity, spicy red that's a good buy even when not on offer but is a bargain at the offer prices...
- Aug 2, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Jeroboams White Burgundy 2016, Bourgogne, France
£17.95, Jeroboams This is one of a handful of wines Jeroboams launched under its own label for the first time this year. It's made in the...
- Jul 26, 2018
Discovering a little-known gem: Okanagan Valley, the world's northernmost wine region
My first visit to Canada at the beginning of June took me to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, the world’s northernmost wine...
- Jul 19, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: La Rioja Alta Viña Ardanza Rioja Reserva 2009, Rioja, Spain
£25–£29, Laithwaites, Swig, Armit Vina Ardanza is one of the true classics of Rioja. It's been around for 76 years and each vintage has...
- Jul 12, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Mourchon Loubié Rosé 2017, Séguret Côtes du Rhône Villages, France
£10.95–£13.99, The Wine Society, Exel Wines, The Black Dog Wine Co (UK), Averys of Bristol The McKinlay family's Loubié rosé, is always...
- Jul 6, 2018
How to become a winemaker at a top Champagne house at the age of 27
Caroline Fiot in the garden of Champagne Ruinart, where she is a winemaker Oddly, until last week I had never visited Ruinart in Reims....
- Jul 5, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Maison Dominique Piron Fleurie 2017, France
£14.49/£12.99, Laithwaites There are other summer reds, but few hit the spot as well as a good Beaujolais and I'm especially pleased to...
- Jun 28, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Haut les Mains 2017, Pays d'Oc, Languedoc, France
£6.49, Waitrose and waitrosecellar.com An aromatic dry white from the south of France with the freshness and lusciousness of a perfectly...
- Jun 21, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Cambria Benchbreak Pinot Noir 2013, Santa Maria Valley, California
£21.99–£23.99, Ministry of Drinks, Mitchells Wines, Noel Young Wines California wines don't feature here as often as I would like, or as...
- Jun 14, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Alovini Le Ralle Basilicata Rosato 2017, Basilicata, Italy
£8.95, The Wine Society Provence rosés have done such a clever job of persuading people that pale rosés are both drier and more...
- Jun 7, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Mount Horrocks Watervale Riesling 2017, Clare Valley, South Australia
£17.55–£21.99, Exel Wines, Noel Young WInes, No2 Pound Street, Loki Wine Why oh why are we so resistant to Riesling in the UK? On second...
- May 30, 2018
WINE OF THE WEEK: Paolo Leo Primitivo di Manduria 2016, Puglia, Italy
£8.24 on offer, Waitrose and Ocado I originally chose a new Argentine Malbec for this week, Tabu 2016 made by Luigi Bosca (fragrant,...
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