Irrelevant as it may seem, this is this writer's favourite little wine label insignia in the whole of Oddbins! It shows...
A fragrant, luxurious seductress - Sophia Loren in a bottle, basically
This is an impressively neat little bargain Chianti that's on the bodysome, flavoursome side of this classic Italian style. This slightly more buxom ...
The 70s and 80s were unkind to Chianti. Although its popularity boomed around the world in those years, when its bubble inevitably burst (as...
Conjure the image, if you will, of a long, oak table in a conservatory in Venice. It's after dinner, the table is laden with bowls of plums, cherries and raspberries...
Primitivo, the grape used in this wine, translates from the Italian as ‘primitive’, but rather than being a club-waving...
1976; what a year. The first commercial Concorde flight, Microsoft and Apple were created, Viking 1 landed on Mars, Bob Marley was
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 ...
Oh Mamma! What a smooth one this is. Get ready for some of the most over-worked wine adjectives in town hurtling their way ...
When it comes to drinks competitions the International Wine and Spirit Competition is one of the world's longest running and most prestigious...
Amarone is about as full-flavoured and juicy as a red can get without help of fortification; very smooth and silky with a tantalizing ...
Barbara-Dee Alba is the stage name of a rotund burlesque dancer from Arbroath. One of her exotic routines garnered critical acclaim...
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...
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 ...
If Sassicaia were a person, it would have to be London’s confused, bumbling, loveable Mayor Boris Johnson. Mr Johnson has a family ...
