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...
It’s easy to split the wine world into ‘old’ and ‘new’, and not without good reason, but as ever, things turn out to be not as simple...
Chile's Leyda valley is squeezed between the Andes and the Pacific, its climate dominated by dense fogs and the strong sea wind that...
Forgive us, gents, we're talking to the ladies here. Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, A Dangerous Method…) is the kind of man-god who ...
If you can't wait an age for your fine wine to age (and you don't want to go breaking into any of those sealed wooden cases ...
Amarone is about as full-flavoured and juicy as a red can get without help of fortification; very smooth and silky with a tantalizing ...
Chateauneuf is a classic. And this is as breathtaking an example as you're likely to come by at this outstandingly reasonable price tag....
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?...
Jonathan Maltus is the established maverick of Bordeaux – the novice Englishman who turned up at Château Teyssier in the 1990s...
Here at Oddbins, we know when we’re on to a good thing. We like this wine, we can see that you like it too, so what did we do? We got..
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...
Nuit-Saint-Georges is a place in France where they make really extraordinary wine. It is not a reference to the “Night of Saint George”,...
The year, 1300; the place, Tuscany. The dawn of the Italian Renaissance was a turbulent time, and three small villages on...
When we tell you that Valpolicella is made using dried-up grapes left for ages in a box, it doesn't sound very nice, does it? But hear us out...
Like the Royal Family at the moment, Cillar de Silos just go from strength to strength, and they don’t even have Kate Middleton on their team...
Like a truffle-hunter who’s just visited a sweet shop after being dragged through a blackberry bush, this wine has powerful aromas of...
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 ...
With a family history that goes back to the land before time, Quinta do Noval know a thing or two about making wine. They could be...
The summer of 2003 was hot. It was more than Hubert de Boüard de Laforest could take...
Gloria. It’s not just a name, it’s a way of life. Just think about it, practically every famous Gloria out there has warbled an uplifting song...
Like a Sorcerer's Apprentice who actually knows what he's doing, Patrice Cacheux took over operations from his father, Jacques Cacheux,...
In 1977 the market town of Hay-on-Wye, on the Welsh border, was appropriated by a charismatic man called Richard Booth, who...
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...
If Sassicaia were a person, it would have to be London’s confused, bumbling, loveable Mayor Boris Johnson. Mr Johnson has a family ...
Now we don’t want to start a bar room brawl and we will say from the outset that we are massive fans of French wine, but the British love...
