Category Archives: News & Press
2019 Lautarul Pinot Noir, Cramele Recas
Romania is a secretly good source of everyday drinking (as opposed to sublimely hedonistic) pinot [...]
2019 Quincy Villalin, Domaine Jacques Rouzé
From one of the Sancerre satellites in the Loire, this white is a very classy [...]
2019 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico, Pontemagno
The great thing about Italian whites is that – unlike some others – they don’t [...]
2019 Dolcetto d`Alba Vilot, Ca` Viola
When Piemonte Dolcetto is as good as Ca’ Viola Vilot, it’s an absolute treat, living [...]
2019 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence
An extremely good, shimmeringly pale pink made up in the hills of the Var department [...]
2019 Quincy Villalin, Domaine Jacques Rouzé
This is scintillating Sauvignon Blanc comes from a village called Quincy, which is just down [...]
Matthew Jukes’ Recommendations on SheerLuxe’s Podcast
A superb trio of recommendations from Matthew Jukes on SheerLuxe’s podcast: I have a £100 [...]
2019 La Petite Muraille, Le Champ des Murailles, Corbières Rosé
Corbières, in the south-west of France, is famous for its hearty red wines, but this [...]
2016 Château La Guérinières, Saint-Emilion
…Haynes Hanson & Clark have long worked harder than most at sniffing out the bordeaux [...]
2016 Château Barreyre, Bordeaux
I taste up to 40,000 wines a year and I can tell you that it [...]
2018 Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux, Domaine des Sanzay
Cabernet franc grown in the south-west facing vineyard of Les Poyeux: ample and plump like [...]
2016 Château Paret, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
A superb specimen of an unassuming red bordeaux. Fresh, clean and unoaked, it is built [...]
2019 Racine Picpoul de Pinet, Bruno Lafon & François Chamboissier
Haynes, Hanson & Clark is a London-based wine merchant whose buyers favour wines that are [...]
2019 La Fruitière Vignes Blanches, Val de Loire IGP, Famille Lieubeau
Well-integrated ingredients make a most attractive whole with a bit more body than the simplest [...]
2016 Château Paret, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. Close to the border with St-Émilion. Unoaked. Straightforward crimson. Very [...]