Offering a great mouthful for a surprisingly affordable price, this spicy, yet smooth French blend comes from little more than a stone’s...
A red as good as this one shows why French wine has remained still so widely popular and survives the obvious competition from the ....
Quite possibly the smoothest Rhône valley red in the range at this price point, and a frequent bestseller, this is a real gem from the very...
The south-west of France, with its herb-scented hills rolling gently down to the shores of the Mediterranean, is home to what many wine lovers ...
Well-coloured with relatively high acidity, this is a vivacoius Beaujolais abundent with notes of freshly picked berries and traditional boiled...
The word "robust" has come in for so much overuse lately, that it may as well not mean anything at all. "Robust new measures to counter ...
Don't just reserve your decanter for special occasions; nearly all wines will benefit from the special treatment. However, if decanters just ...
Sometimes tasting notes can seem so far-fetched you wonder whether the writer is actually taking you for a ride. If we were to say ...
Fresh is a word that can be applied as much to the world of red as it can white. And it goes some of the way to describe...
Open up any book about the red wines of France and before long you'll be sure to see the name of this highly reputed...
One to add to a magnificent group of Rhone reds now at Oddbins by this modern and dependable new supplier. Domaine de L'Arnesque...
This could well be the fullest of the new red Burgundies of those in our mid-price range, but only by a smidgen. All those from the ...
Fleurie with a bit more... This is a little fuller than you might expect from this traditional style and a fail-safe option, particularly for those ...
A classic Bordeaux from fifth growth Château Belgrave in Haut-Médoc. A wine of depth, class and smoothness that really sings...
When we're looking for a proper bottle of wine, what are we actually looking for? Red? Check. French, specifically Bordeaux? Check ...
There's an admirable note of distinction to this fine red Santenay that's hard to pin down. While it's light and quite delicate for a Burgundy, it...
It's not often necessary to mention the colour of a wine, but in the case of this red it's a telling lead, anticipating the delicacy you're about ...
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...
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 ...
