Category Archives: Wine of the week

Barriques Oubliees

Posted on 06/06/2013 by

Now that Sherry has become cool what is the modern anachronist supposed to drink? My tip is to search out the fortified wines of Southern France. There’s no Vin Doux Naturel equivalent of the powerful Sherry lobby so I think … Continue reading →

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Some choice sherries

Posted on 17/01/2013 by

To follow-up on my last post (insert haunting bugle solo), here are some of my favourite sherries from the Great Sherry Tasting: La Bota no 32 Manzanilla, Equipo Navajas – This has a very yeasty nose, distinct whiff of marmite here … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Week: One, Ribera del Duero 2003

Posted on 09/12/2012 by

I intended to write a post this time last year about the renaissance of Oddbins. This was based on no more evidence than a visit to the Earl’s Court branch where the staff were cheerful and the shop well-stocked with … Continue reading →

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Wine Grapes and All That

Posted on 08/10/2012 by

‘Verdelho should not be confused with GODELLO, a variety from Galicia in Spain that is also cultivated in the Portuguese Dao region under the name Verdelho or Verdelho do Dão. . . . It has been suggested that Madeira’s Verdelho … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Week: Barbera d’ Asti Superiore ‘Le Amandole’ Gonella 2009

Posted on 20/09/2012 by

My wine of the week you probably cannot get hold of easily. I bought it in the Cave de Pyrene sale last week. I ordered some wines pretty much at random, nothing too expensive, nothing too old, and this was … Continue reading →

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Poor Sauvignon Blanc

Posted on 14/08/2012 by

I wrote a thing for the Lady a few months ago about how the best way to impress fellow wine bores is not through wines that you like but wines that you don’t. Anyone who has ever been on date … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Week: Frappato Fondo Filara

Posted on 06/08/2012 by

Rosé is so 2005, English whites are 2009, Cava is 1996 (probably due for a revival soon.) If you really want to be progressive this summer, you should be drinking cold red wine. All you need is a red low in … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Week: Château de Petit Thouars rosé

Posted on 24/06/2012 by

We live in a time of rosé. The number of rosés in the shops is multiplying at an alarming rate. There are Greek rosés, English rosés, Malbec rosés, Sangiovese rosés, I’ve even spotted a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc rosé made by adding … Continue reading →

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Wine club 2 – this time it’s serious

Posted on 07/06/2012 by

At the RAW wine fair last month I tried a Hungarian wine that really impressed me and wanted to know how much it was and where I could buy it. The producer told me that it wasn’t imported to Britain. … Continue reading →

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Wine of the Week: Côtes du Rhone Guigal 2007

Posted on 13/03/2012 by

Some wines are so familiar that I ignore them when shopping. There’s an element of snobbery at work here; it feels so much cooler (do people still say cool?) to be drinking something obscure. When I worked at Oddbins we … Continue reading →

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