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Sipping Siepi with the Best of 'Em
Gnocchi with girolles, chanterelles and black truffle paired with the 2011 vintage of Castello di Fonterutoli's super-Tuscan Siepi, at a...
Oct 28, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Laurou Fronton Tradition 2019, Fronton, France
£11.95–£13, Cheers Wines, The Jolly Vintner, The Stroud Wine Company, Shaftsbury Wines I'm delighted to have found a red Fronton this...
Oct 22, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Springfontein Terroir Selection Chenin Blanc 2018, Springfontein Rim, South Africa
£16.96, Private Cellar There were a couple of other South African wines, red and white, in the running for this week's slot, but this...
Oct 15, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Waitrose & Partners País 2019, Maule, Chile
£7.99, Waitrose A juicy, soft, low-tannin, pale red with strawberry and white pepper flavours, a swish of orange and a stony mineral...
Oct 8, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Vasse Felix Classic Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Margaret River, Australia
£12, Tesco I can't quite believe this is my first Wine of the Week from the 2020 vintage. So much has happened this year, the southern...
Oct 1, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: The Society's Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, Maipo, Chile
£7.50, The Wine Society In a tasting of 20-plus wines from The Wine Society that included, among others, an excellent Brézème rouge,...
Sep 24, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Andrian Alto Adige Müller-Thurgau 2019, Italy
£14.50, The Daily Drinker This is the first time I've mentioned Müller Thurgau on my website; never mind recommended it. Extraordinary....
Sep 17, 2020


A Sneak Preview of the 2017 Vintage of One of the World's Great Sweet Wines
Excelling again: the just released 2017 vintage of Vin de Constance, still in the traditional asymmetrical 50cl bottle, but now with a...
Sep 16, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine des Sanzay Saumur-Champigny 2018, France
£13.50/£12, Haynes Hanson & Clark Just because you can drink the Cabernet Franc red wines of the Loire lightly chilled, it doesn't mean...
Sep 10, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Réserve des Tuguets Madiran 2017, France
£7, Tesco I'm not letting go of summer yet, but this will deal with shortening days, cooler nights and meatier food – cassoulet, anyone?...
Sep 3, 2020


More than Skin-Deep: Never Mind the Look, Feel the Eco Credentials
New generation, sustainable, reusable, ice-bucket resistant, bottle-hugging paper case instead of the usual gift box for Ruinart...
Sep 2, 2020


Yalumba Organic Viognier 2019, South Australia
£7.49 (on offer), Waitrose I had scheduled Yalumba Samuel's Collection Bush Vine Grenache 2018 this week, getting in ahead of...
Aug 27, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Aldi Assyrtiko 2019, Peloponnese, Greece
£9.99, Aldi online To say that Assyrtiko is a stay-at-home grape variety is massively to understate it. If you want to drink wine made...
Aug 20, 2020


The Phoenix Rises: Château de Pommard chez Carabello-Baum
Cork talk: is it an instruction? The strikingly branded corks used for all Château de Pommard and Carabello-Baum Burgundies However...
Aug 18, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Fabre Gasparets Corbières-Boutenac 2017, France
£13.74–£20.50, Drinks & Co, Cellar Selected, Mr & Mrs Fine Wine, Noble Green Wines, Kwoff, Hedonism A jewel not just of Corbières but of...
Aug 13, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2017, Stellenbosch, South Africa
£15.49–£18, Roberts & Speight, drinkfinder.co.uk, TheDrinkShop.com, winedirect.co.uk, Noble Green Wines The South African wine industry...
Aug 6, 2020


Prime Time for Pink: Summer Rosé Round-up
Another summer, another round-up of delicious dry rosés, plus a featherweight, lightly sparkling sweet wine from Italy and a pink...
Aug 4, 2020


Douloufakis Winery Dafnios Liatiko 2017, Dafnes, Crete
£14.50–£16.25, The Daily Drinker, Maltby & Greek, Strictly Wine Let's start by unpacking the name. This is a dry red wine made from the...
Jul 29, 2020


Jul 25, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Rosa di Santa Tresa 2019, Terre Siciliane, Italy
£9.74, Majestic I shall be posting this summer’s rosé round-up soon, but another pink as Wine of the Week is well overdue, so here it is:...
Jul 23, 2020
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