Pascal Zanuto has been creating every drop of this beautiful wine for the last 15 years. It's a classic year for production in Bourdeaux, a classically...
The name Gigondas is derived from the Latin ‘Jocunditas’, meaning great enjoyment and pleasure. What more appropriate name could...
It's wines like this elegant, intense, blackberry-infused Ribero del Duero, that make selling wine such an absolute pleasure...
It’s not worth saying wines like this are like a very full bodied version of something you might get from Southern France. Only in the searing...
A classic Bordeaux from fifth growth Château Belgrave in Haut-Médoc. A wine of depth, class and smoothness that really sings...
Quandries over the many LBV Ports on the market will no doubt leave you needing a glass of...well, LBV Port. But be assured...
Rather than get caught up in "Watch the 'berdi" jokes to begin this note (in no way inappropriate as quantities of this very ...
This New Zealand red caused quite a sensation amongst Oddbins' passionate staff last time this was in the range, with much ...
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One of those reds that is so good it is likely to instantly convert many into lifelong devotees of Spanish wine. This is full-bodied with a deep...
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You know how Bordeaux is a bit tweed jacket, red trousers, brogues and hunting? Maybe that’s a little unfair, but it’s certainly on the...
Bordeaux? Old man's wine, isn't it? Drunk mainly by old duffers in gentleman's clubs or young fogeys aspiring to be old duffers. Well, maybe, but...
Braveheart taught us that Wallace was a pintsized, foulmouthed Australian with limited skills as a face painter. Although Ben Glaetzer’s ...
Can a wine change the world? We say yes it can. Now we know it sounds like a bold claim, but we come with the Wine Not War...
Thank heaven! A red Rhone that hasn't lost its head to alcohol or lost its mind to modernity. This is the way it should be, because ...
Gather round folks, we’ve a tale for ye… In the late 1800s, Oakley, California, was a booming farming community with thousands of acres of orchards and healthy vineyards...
According to winemaker Ben Glaetzer, in films, the "director's cut" is regarded as the definitive version, subject to no compromises. Although...
Some wines are good. Some take good to another level. This is one of the latter. It is so good that if you spilt it on a white carpet, it would...
