Category Archives: Wine Reviews
2021 Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula
This lot love good pinot noir from Australia or New Zealand and this, grown close [...]
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Nov
Nov
2022 La Fruitière, Vignes Blanches, IGP Val de Loire, Famille Lieubeau
A calm but also bright and crystalline white, this blends the grassy freshness of sauvignon [...]
18
Nov
Nov
2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Font de Courtedune
Gloriously lush, four-year-old chateauneuf that’s worth paying extra for. An ideal roast turkey wine. Fiona [...]
10
Nov
Nov
2020 Picnic Pinot Noir, Two Paddocks, Central Otago
Two Paddocks makes beautiful pinot noir in one of the world’s best pinot noir regions. [...]
19
Oct
Oct
2022 Côte de Brouilly Cuvée de l’Héronde, Domaine de Vavril
I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Piemonte, in North-West Italy, to taste [...]
04
Aug
Aug
2022 Esprit Rosé, Domaine Tour Campanets, Coteaux d`Aix-en-Provence
Bone dry, a pinkish cherry-blossom colour and with a faintly floral smell that is suggestive [...]
08
Jul
Jul
In Praise of Independents
Our Buying Director, Siobhán Astbury reports: Offering good value is an essential element of our [...]
13
Jun
Jun
Jancis Robinson reviews…
Ch Coustolle 2016 Canon-Fronsac Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% [...]
12
Jun
Jun
2022 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence
I have been buying this wine every year since it first landed on our shores [...]
09
Jun
Jun
2021 Mâcon-Fuissé Les Bruyères, Domaine Dominique Cornin
Full bottle 1,327 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 2011 and 2015. Unoaked and [...]
25
May
May
2021 Mâcon-Chaintré, Domaine Dominique Cornin
Full bottle 1,326 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 1968 and 1985. Unoaked and [...]
25
May
May
Matthew Jukes – Wednesday Wines – Ep 154
Matthew Jukes’ tasting notes on a selection of our 2023 spring shipments from Bordeaux. 2019 [...]
04
Apr
Apr
2019 Château Frontenac, Bordeaux Superieur
Full bottle just 1,268 g. 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc grown on [...]
18
Mar
Mar
2018 Château Les Marcieux, Haut-Medoc
Full bottle just 1,249 g. 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot grown by the Listrac vignerons [...]
18
Mar
Mar
2016 Château Coustolle, Canon-Fronsac
Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec. Fronsac owner Alain [...]
18
Mar
Mar