Twenty red wines to take you through all manner of festivities and in some cases festivities for years to come. As, always, they’re...

£17.99, Novel Wines A rich, velvety, fruity and spicy red – a perfect winter warmer to enjoy by the fire or tucking into cassoulet, lamb...

So here they are: my Champagne picks for Christmas, New Year and every other kind of festivity, whittled down with difficulty to what I...

This article originally appeared in The World of Fine Wine, issue 51 A tasting billed as a UK first is tempting by any standard, but when...

£20.16, Armit Wines A frothing, deep red, sparkling wine with vibrant black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, Christmas spice and dark...

£11, Tesco (25% off when you buy 6: £49.50) Wire-wrapped bottles divide Spanish red wine drinkers into those who run a mile and those for...

£12.50, Hennings Wine A vibrant, butter-smooth white Rioja that combines the best of tradition with a new-wave contemporary feel, from a...

£11, Sainsbury's Barbaresco and bargain aren't words that usually go together, but £11 is a very good price for a Barbaresco of this...

£13.99, Rude Wines Does anyone still say they don’t like Chardonnay? I defy anyone not to be won over by this sophisticated, nimble...

£22–£23, The Wine Society, Booths supermarkets I don’t normally do split vintages – i.e. recommend two at the same time – but 2012 and...

The Wine Gang recently joined forces with Sud de France and 50 wine lovers who’d snapped up all available tickets to spend an evening...

£20, Oddbins and oddbins.com Dazzlingly good Viognier from a winemaking paradise in the foothills of spectacular mountains deep in the...

£15.95, Jeroboams This red is sheer pleasure: not demanding, not challenging, just delicious. It’s pale garnet in colour, has a perfume...

£16.99/£14.99, Majestic Godello grows in the far north west of Spain, like the better known Albariño, except that Godello's stronghold of...

£8.50 (£7.50 on offer), Tanners Wines A Spanish wine made from Bordeaux grape varieties by a British couple. It’s either three-way vinous...

£8.49, Waitrose Terret Blanc is an ancient grape variety that has languished, unloved, in Languedoc for decades. It gets lobbed into...

One of the three huge old Sirica vines discovered in Taurasi Aglianico vineyards in 2005; a glass of Sirica 2014 So what do you know...

£6.99–£9.95, Dylans Wines, Roberts & Speight, Dennhöfer Wines, Fareham Wine Cellar, Noel Young Wines A supple, juicy Pinot Noir-like red...

Antonio Capaldi, president of Feudi di San Gregorio (left) with agronomist and CEO Pierpaolo Sirch; I wasn't the only one to photograph...

£14.95–£16.99, N D John, Drinkmonger, Kwoff You don’t need to see the brassy yellow colour of this wine or its label to know that it’s no...