Category Archives: Wine Reviews
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 [...]
Jul
In Praise of Independents
Our Buying Director, Siobhán Astbury reports: Offering good value is an essential element of our [...]
Jun
Jancis Robinson reviews…
Ch Coustolle 2016 Canon-Fronsac Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% [...]
Jun
2022 Domaine Pique Roque Rosé, Côtes de Provence
I have been buying this wine every year since it first landed on our shores [...]
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 [...]
May
2021 Mâcon-Chaintré, Domaine Dominique Cornin
Full bottle 1,326 g. Certified organic. From vines planted between 1968 and 1985. Unoaked and [...]
May
Matthew Jukes – Wednesday Wines – Ep 154
Matthew Jukes’ tasting notes on a selection of our 2023 spring shipments from Bordeaux. 2019 [...]
Apr
2019 Château Frontenac, Bordeaux Superieur
Full bottle just 1,268 g. 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Cabernet Franc grown on [...]
Mar
2018 Château Les Marcieux, Haut-Medoc
Full bottle just 1,249 g. 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot grown by the Listrac vignerons [...]
Mar
2016 Château Coustolle, Canon-Fronsac
Full bottle just 1,203 g. 70% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec. Fronsac owner Alain [...]
Mar
2021 Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula
Australia also grows pinot noir that rivals sub-£30 Burgundy. Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir 2021, Mornington [...]
Mar
2021 Domaine de Gournier Rouge, Cévennes
Just sneaking under the £10 threshold when you buy a case, this merlot-syrah-cabernet sauvignon blend [...]
Mar
2021 Nero d`Avola, Rupe Secca, Sicilia
Nero d’avola is a Sicilian speciality that makes beautiful, medium-bodied, juicy reds like this one, [...]
Mar
2021 Pleno Tempranillo, Navarra
A bright incarnation of the Rioja grape. Think rose-hip helly, strawberries, autumn leaves and crunchy [...]
Mar
2021 Givry Blanc Clos de la Brulée, Domaine Masse
A discovery for me and one that, for only twenty quid, is amazingly impressive. Sink [...]
Jan