Jan 19, 2017WINE OF THE WEEK: Rioja Vega Crianza Edición Limitada 2013, Rioja, Spain£12.95, FromVineyardsDirect This week’s wine is a comforting, oak-matured red for wintery weather and warming food. It’s a limited...
Jan 12, 2017WINE OF THE WEEK: Bellingham The Bernard Series Whole Bunch Roussanne 2015, Paarl, South Africa£10, Sainsbury's Roussanne is a peach of a white grape variety from the northern Rhône, but it’s susceptible to all sorts of pests and...
Jan 11, 2017Giving German Pinot Noir some more loveI made the point in last week's Wine of the Week that Germany has never been short of red wines. More than one third of its vineyards are...
Jan 9, 2017Beaujolais: The Comeback KidThe famous windmill that gave its name to Moulin-à-Vent, one of the ten crus of Beaujolais I was slightly wary of showing a Beaujolais to...