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WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine André Colonge et Fils Fleurie 2017, France
£15.20, Tanners Wines It's not just a beguiling name for a pretty wine. Good Fleurie has hidden depth, often ageing well for four or five...
Apr 23, 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 16, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine de Mourchon Séguret Tradition 2017, Séguret Côtes du Rhône, France
£14.99–£16.95, Averys of Bristol , Black Dog Wines (UK) I’m often surprised by the wines I find I haven’t featured here before. This...
Apr 9, 2020


The New Order at Luce: New Wine, Winemaker and Winery and a Retrospective Tasting
Looking across the Luce vineyards to Frescobaldi's Tenuta di Castelgiocondo in southwest Montalcino in the November sunshine The text of...
Apr 7, 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...
Apr 2, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Pas d'Histoires Le Rouge Syrah 2018, Pays d'Oc, France
£14, Red Squirrel Wine The name of this wine, "no fuss", may seem oddly inappropriate right now, but it's the kind of mellifluous,...
Mar 26, 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...
Mar 19, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: L'Arpenty Chinon 2018, Loire, France
£14.75, Yapp Brothers I've enjoyed a lot of vintages of the Desbourdes family's l'Arpenty Chinon over the years, so I'm surprised that it...
Mar 12, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Mullineux Old Vines White 2018, Swartland, South Africa
£22.99–£24.99, AG Wines, Berry Bros & Rudd, Hay Wines, The Wine Reserve I've loved every vintage of this wine I've tasted. It shows the...
Mar 5, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: De Bortoli Regional Reserve Pinot Noir 2018, Yarra Valley, Australia
£11.95–£12.99, Saxtys Wines, Quantock Abbey Wine, Adnams This is not a wine that's going to stand out on the shelf, but it deserves to....
Feb 27, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Altano Organic Douro 2017, Portugal
£10.50–£11.80, Booths, Waitrose, Davy's Wine, Tanners Wine, The Wine Shop (Knaresborough) I'd like to think that my venture into...
Feb 20, 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...
Feb 13, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Finca Constancia Entre Lunas Organic Tempranillo Moon Wine 2017, Castilla, Spain
£8.50 on offer, Sainsbury's The name of this wine is so long I couldn't fit in its designation, Vino de la Tierra, but that's what it is:...
Feb 6, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Vachnadziani Saperavi, Kakheti, Georgia
£9.59–£11, Fintry Wines, Vineyards Wine Shop, The Solent Cellar, Noble Green Wines What took me so long? Georgia has been making wine for...
Jan 30, 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 23, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Chateau Changyu Moser XV Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc de Noir 2018, Ningxia, China
£11.99 on offer, Ocado This is an obvious choice if you're celebrating Chinese New Year next week, but it's so much more than that: a...
Jan 16, 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...
Jan 9, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Les Nivières Saumur 2017, Saumur, France
£7.49 on offer, Waitrose A red wine that's all about blackcurrant and currant-leaf fruit and freshness and soft-textured graphitey...
Jan 2, 2020


WINE OF THE WEEK: Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur 2016, France
£8 (on offer), Tesco I'm posting this week's wine three days ahead of schedule because it seems a lot more useful to highlight it when...
Dec 23, 2019


The Festive Sweet, Sticky and Fortified Guide 2019
‘Tis the season for sweet and fortified wines, for entertaining, for communing with quietly, or giving as presents. Fortifieds, in...
Dec 19, 2019
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