The Languedoc is a place where many marvellous things can happen in the wine world. Not bound by the strict conventions of many of the Appellations d'Origine Contrôlée, it’s a case...
Francois Lurton of Bordeaux is a man who makes great value wines .....
In all that's good! What a gem this is! Here's a real flash...
In keeping with the cultural terminology as memorably described by Jules and Vincent in Pulp Fiction, if the French do a take on a foreign product, all they do is stick “Le” in front of it, as in “Le Big Mac”. ...
A red as good as this one shows why French wine has remained still so widely popular and survives the obvious competition from the ....
This wine has some surprising parallels with the original Beat author, Jack Kerouac. Like Jack – or Jean-Louis as he was...
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...
If the world of wine were Hundred Acre Wood… the omnipotent Robert Parker would be Christopher Robin, the exuberant Olly Smith - Tigger...
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 ...
Well-coloured with relatively high acidity, this is a vivacious Beaujolais abundent with notes of freshly picked berries and traditional boiled...
Don't just reserve your decanter for special occasions; nearly all wines will benefit from the special treatment. However, if decanters just ...
Some people, like Hobbits, like their homeland and see no reason to up sticks to pastures new ...
We'd write an evocative tasting note that grasps the personality of this wine, but Google Translate has done the job ably (original text from the Domaine Le Roc website)...
Rasteau is a village in the southern Rhone, where either life is particularly hard, or they just like to have a good time...
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 ...
One to add to a magnificent group of Rhone reds now at Oddbins by this modern and dependable new supplier. Domaine de L'Arnesque...
One of the glorious things about the colder weather is that magical feeling you get when curled up indoors with the elements safely shut...
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 ...
Look into my eyes, look deep into my eyes. You feel ever so sleepy. You now find yourself in a pleasant French garden with beds of lavender and sweet peas and a tabby ...
When we're looking for a proper bottle of wine, what are we actually looking for? Red? Check. French, specifically Bordeaux? Check ...
A classic Bordeaux from fifth growth Château Belgrave in Haut-Médoc. A wine of depth, class and smoothness that really sings...
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...
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 ...
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...
Chateauneuf is a classic. And this is as breathtaking an example as you're likely to come by at this outstandingly reasonable price tag....
This is one for Tony. No not Tony Montana. Nooo, not Tony Benn. Tony Robinson! Time Team Tony! Yes this one hails from a...
Jonathan Maltus is the established maverick of Bordeaux – the novice Englishman who turned up at Château Teyssier in the 1990s...
Forgive us, gents, we're talking to the ladies here. Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, A Dangerous Method…) is the kind of man-god who ...
Nuit-Saint-Georges is a place in France where they make really extraordinary wine. It is not a reference to the “Night of Saint George”,...
Like a truffle-hunter who’s just visited a sweet shop after being dragged through a blackberry bush, this wine has powerful aromas of...
Gloria. It’s not just a name, it’s a way of life. Just think about it, practically every famous Gloria out there has warbled an uplifting song...
In 1977 the market town of Hay-on-Wye, on the Welsh border, was appropriated by a charismatic man called Richard Booth, who...
Big. The name of a notorious rapper and the buzz-word at most American eateries. It is also, however, the size of bottle that the goddamn...
