If you're looking for good honest seduction then this is a wine you shouldn't pass by. (It will seduce you good and proper). For the ...
Wairarapa, heard when spoken, may sound like reference to the steel netting that many bottles of Spanish red come, well...
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 ...
Pinot Noir, as any fan of Sideways will tell you, is a tricky and temperamental grape – difficult and delicate both ...
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...
Bordeaux and Burgundy are of course the two cornerstones of any traditionalist’s wine cellar, and there’s good reason for that....
New Zealanders are always highly pleased by the sight of their own wines over here, but they enthuse all the more firmly when the words ...
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 ...
Chile's Leyda valley is squeezed between the Andes and the Pacific, its climate dominated by dense fogs and the strong sea wind that...
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 ...
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...
Oregon, “the beaver state”, has 26 official emblems. These include a crab, a predatory sea snail called the Oregon Hairy Triton, a square dance...
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...
Classic Champagne. And a no-risk, fail-safe guarantee of good order. Taittinger is one of the thoroughbreds and might as well...
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...
It's no coincidence that in the same way that Veuve Cliquot's label sets it apart from all other Champagne, this very...
"I drink it when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle ...
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...
This star brand (not band) has made this label a household name. Made from 100% Pinot Noir this undoubted darling of the pink ...
Top-flight Champagne doesn't get any better than this. This is Laurent-Perrier's showpiece Champagne and one of the region's finest ...
Since 1921 Dom Pergnon has more or less defined the term ‘vintage champagne’, not least because Dom Perignon only makes...
