Question: what do the Queen of Hearts, Mick Hucknall and Errazuriz Merlot have in common? Answer: they are all very red. Yes...
Why have three little pigs, when you could have one big pig and three little fruits? The label illustrator must be aware of the wine world's ...
After your first sip of this Rioja you'll begin to see why so many people ask for good red Rioja by name and you'll begin to wonder what ...
When it comes to drinks competitions the International Wine and Spirit Competition is one of the world's longest running and most prestigious...
Boasting a madcap building that looks like a spaceship has landed in the middle of the Rioja countryside, the Luis Alegre winery is an innovative set up...
In a move that must surely make her the envy of maligned media families like the Murdochs and the welly-wearing Windsors, Filipa Pato...
One of the glorious things about the colder weather is that magical feeling you get when curled up indoors with the elements safely shut...
Naoussa. NAH’OWSA. Sounds like ‘house-the’. Got it? Good, because this is one of the most important names in Greek wine. Why?
A Rioja from a declared vintage! Not really, but nearly. This is a step up from normal Reserva and is only possible in an exceptional ...
This could well be the fullest of the new red Burgundies of those in our mid-price range, but only by a smidgen. All those from the ...
Ben Glaetzer, the winemaker behind this bright, perfumed and sensuous red, is a talented little so-and-so...
Pinot Noir, as any fan of Sideways will tell you, is a tricky and temperamental grape – difficult and delicate both ...
Look into my eyes, look deep into my eyes. You feel ever so sleepy. You now find yourself in a pleasant French garden with beds of lavender and sweet peas and a tabby ...
A classic Bordeaux from fifth growth Château Belgrave in Haut-Médoc. A wine of depth, class and smoothness that really sings...
Pascal Zanuto has been creating every drop of this beautiful wine for the last 15 years. It's a classic year for production in Bourdeaux, a classically...
When we're looking for a proper bottle of wine, what are we actually looking for? Red? Check. French, specifically Bordeaux? Check ...
Rather than get caught up in "Watch the 'berdi" jokes to begin this note (in no way inappropriate as quantities of this very ...
You know how Bordeaux is a bit tweed jacket, red trousers, brogues and hunting? Maybe that’s a little unfair, but it’s certainly on the...
Braveheart taught us that Wallace was a pintsized, foulmouthed Australian with limited skills as a face painter. Although Ben Glaetzer’s ...
Thank heaven! A red Rhone that hasn't lost its head to alcohol or lost its mind to modernity. This is the way it should be, because ...
Some wines are good. Some take good to another level. This is one of the latter. It is so good that if you spilt it on a white carpet, it would...
This is one for Tony. No not Tony Montana. Nooo, not Tony Benn. Tony Robinson! Time Team Tony! Yes this one hails from a...
Underwater wine? Was it rescued from the Titanic or Whisky Galore’s S.S. Cabinet Minister? Maybe it was made by mermaids?...
Barbara-Dee Alba is the stage name of a rotund burlesque dancer from Arbroath. One of her exotic routines garnered critical acclaim...
Oregon, “the beaver state”, has 26 official emblems. These include a crab, a predatory sea snail called the Oregon Hairy Triton, a square dance...
The year, 1300; the place, Tuscany. The dawn of the Italian Renaissance was a turbulent time, and three small villages on...
It may be that Luciano Sandrone is just a little bit obsessive. When he set his heart on a particular spot in the Valmaggiore to plant his ...
Big. The name of a notorious rapper and the buzz-word at most American eateries. It is also, however, the size of bottle that the goddamn...
