ODDBINS EXCLUSIVE. It’s hard sometimes, in this life, to maintain a sense of place, when we have our furniture from Scandinavia, our pears from Kenya and our sitcoms from America...
Wine or maths? Not a difficult question, is it? We don’t mind some algebra, fractions or long division occasionally...
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...
Sancerre like this one is a guarantee. A classic French white style that should by now, be known and trusted by one...
One of the glorious things about the colder weather is that magical feeling you get when curled up indoors with the elements safely shut...
Human lives are full of eureka moments. These run the gamut from the earth-shattering "the world is not flat" kind to the smaller but no less revelatory discoveries...
Naoussa. NAH’OWSA. Sounds like ‘house-the’. Got it? Good, because this is one of the most important names in Greek wine. Why?
Of the various “Pouillys”, this is the Loire variety, made from the well known Sauvignon Blanc grape. Pouilly-Fumé makes more than a pleasant ...
René Carroi’s rosé makes us say ‘Allo ‘Allo! It’s sexier than Yvette brandishing the wet celery and the flying helmet in the back...
Wairarapa, heard when spoken, may sound like reference to the steel netting that many bottles of Spanish red come, well...
You are what you eat, so the saying goes. And this is manifestly true in Stanton and Killeen’s achingly delicious Rutherglen Muscat. What does the wine ‘eat’?...
Ben Glaetzer, the winemaker behind this bright, perfumed and sensuous red, is a talented little so-and-so...
A Rioja from a declared vintage! Not really, but nearly. This is a step up from normal Reserva and is only possible in an exceptional ...
Benevolent King Bob led Australian troops (i.e. Chardonnay) to a glorious victory...
You have to be careful when gushing about wine that you really, really like. Because it’s tempting to say that you can actually taste the soil...
Confused you say? South African wine named after a French alpine mountaineering and skiing resort and made in the Italian 'ripasso' style?
We like Maine and Jean-Marie Guffens-Heynen. As young students, they rocked up in Burgundy in 1976, without a word of...
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 ...
They say it took 26 million years to make South Australia's Limestone Coast. Fortunately for us it takes only about a 26 Millionth of that time...
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 ...
South and East of Adelaide down the coast of South Australia lie the regions of Langhorne Creek and Limestone Coast, where the...
Almost every profession has a patron saint. Some are just plain weird: Adrian of Nicomedia (arms dealers), Barbara (firework makers)...
For too long the initials PC have meant personal computer. A machine that has tormented you, frustrated you, chained you to a...
The story of Carignan, like that of Malbec, is that of a humble country grape, widely exploited but little appreciated at home...
The folk at Santa Carolina hold dear the concept of “Herencia Viva”. This translates roughly as “living legacy” and means that they always consider the past...
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...
Carménère is the forgotten one of the six Bordeaux grape varieties. But like an incredibly athletic and intrepid mole it has popped its head....
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 ...
Erden is a village on the banks of the Mosel river. Treppchen literally means staircase, and refers to the terrace steps cut into the precipitous...
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...
Baltasar Gracián was a Spanish Jesuit who wrote El Criticón. Apparently it’s famous, but we’d never heard of it. When we looked it up on Wikipedia...
You have to be careful when you describe just how good this new Prosecco is. People will assume you're exaggerating. First, ...
Pinot Noir, as any fan of Sideways will tell you, is a tricky and temperamental grape – difficult and delicate both ...
Wine is tricksy. Sometimes it makes fools of even the experts. The most famous wines made from the Fiano grape come from ...
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...
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...
Bordeaux and Burgundy are of course the two cornerstones of any traditionalist’s wine cellar, and there’s good reason for that....
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...
The name Gigondas is derived from the Latin ‘Jocunditas’, meaning great enjoyment and pleasure. What more appropriate name could...
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...
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell told us that the “world is just a great big onion”. They were wrong on two counts. Firstly, the world isn’t
Halve some ripe peaches and apricots, drizzle with honey and throw in a cinnamon stick, a touch of dried ginger and a pinch of Demerara ...
Australian wine critic Jane Faulkner said of this wine, “I love everything about this Fiano – its enticing slippery texture, hint of white florals including honeysuckle...
