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WINE OF THE WEEK: Taste the Difference CVNE Rioja Gran Reserva 2011, Rioja, Spain
£12 (on offer), Sainsbury's Textbook Gran Reserva from CVNE, one of Rioja's most admired bodegas. Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España...
May 3, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine Cauhapé Geyser Jurançon Sec 2016, Jurançon, France
£13.95, The Wine Society Dry Jurançon has been one of my desert-island dry whites since I first tasted a Sec from Domaine Cauhapé, back...
Apr 26, 2018


If It's Red, Chill It!
Before you do anything else this evening, put your red wine in the fridge. Yes, the weather is unseasonably hot in the UK, but I'd be...
Apr 20, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Chemin de la Pinède Merlot 2016, Pays d’Oc, France
£7.95/£7.25, Lea & Sandeman There were lots of excellent wines and new finds at Lea & Sandeman’s spring tasting (brilliant Condrieu and...
Apr 19, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Champ Divin Cuvée Castor Chardonnay Savagnin 2016, Côtes du Jura, France
£19.50, Tanners Wines From a region favoured by sommeliers looking for wines that are versatile with food, this white is a mouthwatering...
Apr 12, 2018


Txakoli – a must-try wine (even if you don't want to pronounce it)
The first bodega I visited on a revelatory, perception-challenging first trip to the Spanish Basque country’s Txakoli regions last autumn...
Apr 11, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Eschaffins Cairanne Côtes du Rhône Villages 2015, Rhône, France
£13.50, Yapp Bros I haven’t seen the label of the follow-on vintage of this generous, warm-hearted southern Rhône, but for the first time...
Apr 5, 2018


White Beauty: a Tuscan debut
Wine exam question: Explain what is meant by white Sangiovese. When I first heard about a Sangiovese bianco, I didn’t know if we were...
Apr 4, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Arthur Metz Crémant d’Alsace Brut 2015, Alsace, France
£14.99, Ocado One taste of this and you understand why Crémant d’Alsace is the most popular sparkling wine in France (aside from...
Mar 29, 2018


12 of the best from Aldi
Aldi's wines are cheap, as you would expect, but they're bought with care. These are a dozen that stood out at a recent press tasting....
Mar 23, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Lot Series Te Haupapa Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017, New Zealand
£8.99, Aldi The Lot Series wines are smaller parcels of more expensive bottles – more expensive by Aldi's standards, but not by Central...
Mar 22, 2018


Legal at last: a story of illicit gin
If you happen to be hanging around outside Harrods or Fortnum & Mason and spot a Leakbusters yellow and orange van, no need to fear the...
Mar 20, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Bouchard Père et Fils Bourgogne Chardonnay La Vignée 2014, Burgundy, France
£13.69–£14.50, Penistone Wine Cellars, Just in Cases, TheDrinkShop.com, Sandhams Wine, Hailsham Cellars This is just the kind of thing I...
Mar 14, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Fabre Montmayou Reservado Cabernet Franc 2015, Mendoza, Argentina
£15.99, or £12.49 in a mix of 12 or more, Laithwaites Argentina nailed its red wine colours to the Malbec mast years ago, but it’s also...
Mar 8, 2018


Expanding wine drinkers' horizons: The Daily Drinker
As it was so hard choosing between the five Daily Drinker wines for my Wine of the Week, I'm writing up the other four here (and looking...
Mar 6, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Venea Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2015, Abruzzo, Italy
£9.50, or £8.55 club members' price, The Daily Drinker I’ve tasted only five of The Daily Drinker’s wines, so can hardly claim knowledge...
Mar 1, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Château Recougne 2015, Bordeaux Supérieur, France
£9.99, or £8.99 in any mix of six bottles, Majestic Bordeaux Supérieur – everyday claret – doesn't come much better than this, and...
Feb 22, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Telmo Rodríguez Mountain Blanco 2013, Sierras de Málaga, Spain
£17.95, Ocado Here’s as fine a demonstration as you’ll get that there’s more to Málaga than sweet wine. Sierras de Málaga is the DO...
Feb 15, 2018


Vermú, Vermut, Vermouth
Paso-Vermú, a new hand-crafted Spanish Vermouth made by an English couple in Somontano. The striking artwork is by Matt Sewell Strictly...
Feb 12, 2018


WINE OF THE WEEK: Le Grand Prébois Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Quatres Terrroirs 2016, Rhône, France
£17.99, Waitrose Knowing that a lot of wine drinkers raid their wine racks for Châteauneuf-du-Pape over Christmas, I’ve found a...
Feb 8, 2018
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