Unashamedly bold and fruity; the antidote to wines unsure of their identity
Hidden deep in the normally peaceful Yarra Valley, maverick winemakers at Yering Station have been secretly building what the military ...
Far and away the most successful Chablis in our range over the past few years, this is loved and adored by all who try it, like it, and...
Benevolent King Bob led Australian troops (i.e. Chardonnay) to a glorious victory...
Viña Santa Carolina cemented its position as a top winery when it won gold at the Exposition Universelle de France in 1889. It is a well-known...
There's a lot of fuss in Chablis about a precocious new talent called Samuel Billaud, of Billaud-Simon fame. He's regarded as one of the best...
We like Maine and Jean-Marie Guffens-Heynen. As young students, they rocked up in Burgundy in 1976, without a word of...
Jansz is like a Champagne house in a parallel universe, which enjoys the same cool, temperate weather, but where everyone is laid back in that...
Psst, we're about to let you in on a little secret. Saint Aubin is not very famous, but it sits right next door to the world famous Chassagne-Montrachet ...
Domaine Long-Depaquit winery was founded in 1791 and has built a reputation as one of the top estates in Chablis. The Château itself dates from the 18th Century...
Of all the lesser-known, under-heralded Champagnes this is the one that stands out by a mile for value for money - receiving a steady stream ...
To wine geeks, Roederer is best known for the sheer quality of their fizz, but to the world at large, they’re probably better ...
It's quite something to think that in 1917, as WWI was at its most hellish in northern France, 300 miles south just outside the rustic hamlet of Pouilly...
Forceful approbation from all and sundry is enough to indicate that this label has got to be doing something right and those who return to...
Drappier is not a Parisian curtain maker, it’s one of the finest Grower Champagnes on the market and was a firm favourite of Charles de Gaulle, the...
I like big La Butte and I cannot lie. Sir Mix-a-Lot was not talking about this wine, but he probably should’ve been. La Butte is a small...
Verget's philosophy can be summed up in one simple sentence: "the best wine from the best grapes". But in Mâconnais...
It's all about conspicuous consumption isn't it, champagne? So can you truly have a "green" fizz? Well, Canard Duchene are...
Good old Pol Roger! The noblest of the Champagne houses and one of the region's elder statesmen. The consistent good ...
A casual glance down the list of the prominent names of Champagne will before long reveal Laurent Perrier as one of the...
2009 was a great year for Verget’s Chablis, hailed by many as their best. Handpicked from 40 year old vines in a Grand Cru site, fermented in oak...
Classic Champagne. And a no-risk, fail-safe guarantee of good order. Taittinger is one of the thoroughbreds and might as well...
Rodent racing was an incredibly popular spectacle in Bellefontaine, Ohio. However, a sad day befell the town in 1843, when a Frenchman named Edmond rode into town. ..
Could this Champagne house be the king of all Champagne? It's a good bet, and you won't get better odds on any other candidate...
When you learn that Montrachet unappealingly means “Scabby Hill”, it teaches you that the wine must be pretty impressive for it to...
Taittinger is one of the very oldest of all the champagne houses, and one of the few now (back) under family control. The house style...
Although apparently back into vogue, white stilettos still have a dodgy reputation. Police cars are turning silver because the white ones have...
Beard? Moustache? Or just experimenting with whiskers? Then this is for you. Corton Charlemagne was named after a French Emperor ...
Top-flight Champagne doesn't get any better than this. This is Laurent-Perrier's showpiece Champagne and one of the region's finest ...
This is the good stuff. Dom Pérignon was tinkering in his cellar making inroads into this inimitable style of wine before your great- great-...
