Why are dessert wines so expensive? Is it the producers simply trying to create a cache, a luxury item just like those rosé champagne producers? TheRead More

Midweek – too tired after a day in the office and too hot after the commute to want to do too much in the kitchen; aRead More

I understand that many rave about Riesling being the epitome of fine wine making. These people see the poise, quality, long life and expression of terriorRead More

No great debate in selecting a wine to accompany a Lentil and Bean Salad with a Chive Dressing – a Sauvignon Blanc would have been anRead More

Many moons ago I ran, rather successfully I should add, a little wine merchants for a now defunct chain. One of the first wines I recallRead More

Wine Tasting Note: Tusk ‘n Red, 2004, Mendocino County, CaliforniaAvailable from Waitrose for £9.99 What this wine has with Italy is anyones guess. This blend isRead More

Wine Tasting Note: Marquis de Pennautier Chardonnay, 2005, Vin de Pays d’Oc, France.Available from Waitrose for £7.99. An edge of orange peel, a smidgen of grapefruitRead More

Always amazing how few people consider Alsace when selecting their wines. OK, so they come in those suspiciously Germanic-looking bottles (with all those negative associations) butRead More

I’m still thinking a a Sauvignon Blanc or a Viognier would be the better match but here we are with a Southern French white; a blendRead More

Wine Tasting Note:Dona Dominga Old Vines Sauvignon Blanc, 2006, Colchagua Valley, Chile Bugger knows where this bottle came from; a shame as it is really ratherRead More