Category Archives: Wine Reviews

2018 Mas Bres Pinot Noir, Cévennes

Holiday pinot noir that seems to have a faint waft of lavender and blowsy florals [...]

2018 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

I hadn’t tasted this palest pink wine when I wrote my recent top rosés list [...]

2018 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence

I was lucky to see a very early sample of this wine and it is [...]

2017 Pleno Tempranillo, Navarra

Tempranillo is the rioja grape, but this is from the northern Spanish region of Navarra. [...]

2017 Basa Blanco, Rueda, Telmo Rodriguez

It’s the streamlined shape of this elegant wine that makes it such a pleasure. It’s [...]

2017 Touraine Sauvignon, Domaine de la Bergerie

…this is altogether sleeker and more refined – a real mini sancerre. Very finely delineated, [...]

2017 Chianti Colli Senesi, Campriano

…I knew that ’17 Campriano was special and, of course, it is. This is one [...]

2017 Ritou Syrah, Vin de France, Domaine Vallet

Made from vines that grow outside St-Joseph in the northern Rhône, this opens with a [...]

2017 Nero d`Avola Sicilia, Rupe Secca

Nero d’avola is Sicily’s signature red grape – here it makes a wine like a [...]

2017 Touraine Sauvignon, Domaine de la Bergerie

A seriously impressive, refreshing Loire sauvignon blanc that is a delight to drink: lissom, with [...]

2017 Mas Bres Pinot Noir, Cévennes

If you are searching for an inexpensive Pinot Noir which actually tastes accurate and also [...]

2017 Nero d`Avola Sicilia, Rupe Secca

Here is another stunningly impressive Nero d’Avola and it is even more rounded and fruit-stuffed [...]

2017 Touraine Sauvignon, Domaine de la Bergerie

This wine is class personified. If you would like to taste a wine which, to [...]

2016 Dolcetto d`Alba Vilot, Ca` Viola

An alternative red for chicken? Try a medium bodied, juicy, succulent Italian red such as [...]

2016 Pinot Bianco, Kellerei Kurtatsch, Alto Adige

…The cool, pure air of the Alto Adige has allowed these Pinot Bianco grapes to [...]