Wine Journal
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Best Wines for Casual Drinking: Complete Guide
Wines for casual drinking are a must. Wines we must have. Wines to live by. In metaphorical terms, the straight-trotting, post-work-horses we...
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Aug 11, 2023
Burgundy-Styled Chardonnay & My Visit to Château Canet
“This is one of the best days of my life”, proclaimed my nan last summer while we visited Château Canet’s property in the...
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Jul 13, 2023
A Comprehensive Guide to Wine Bottle Sizes
Split, Demi, Standard. Litre, Magnum, Double Magnum, Jeroboam. Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar, Nebuchadnezzar. Melchior, Solomon, Sovereign,...
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May 11, 2023
What Makes a Wine Non-Vegetarian?
That a wine would be unsuitable for those on a vegetarian or vegan diet may seem baffling to new wine enthusiasts. There is, however, a lot more than...
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Apr 14, 2023
Drinking now: Bordeaux 2015
How’s the red Bordeaux 2015 vintage looking, these eight years on?
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Mar 31, 2023
Drinking now: Bordeaux 2015
How’s the red Bordeaux 2015 vintage looking, these eight years on? If you’re a claret drinker wondering whether to hold out on...
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Mar 31, 2023
What is Vegan Wine?
If wine is made just of grapes, then why is there the need for some wines to be labelled specifically as vegan? Well, the straightforward answer is...
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Feb 22, 2023
Best wine with roast lamb - red or white?
Lamb may not be everyone’s first preference among red meats, however those who are partial to a succulent chop or cutlet yet not so...
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Jan 27, 2023
The 25 Best Christmas Wines for 2022 & beyond
With the festive season fast approaching, many of you might be starting to look for the best Christmas wines to serve with the big family dinner....
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Dec 04, 2022
Four Wines Rated 5 Stars
Four superb hand-picked wines that have since received solid, 5-star reviews from our drinking audience. News very much worth sharing to ensure you...
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Oct 11, 2022
Minervois 2020 Château Beaurivage: A Review
As the wines of the Languedoc continue to go from strength to strength, it's inspiring to see their level of quality rise where prices remain low.
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Sep 12, 2022
What wine goes with steak?
When you’re thinking of what to drink with steak, the first answer that springs to mind is normally wine. And not just any wine, you usually...
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Jun 22, 2022
What Wine Goes with Curry?
Wine and curry sounds like an unlikely combination, after all millions of people all around the country swear by a pint of beer with their chicken...
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May 11, 2022
10 Best Wines to Gift for Father’s Day
10 Best Wines to Gift for Father’s Day
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Apr 20, 2022
Wine Varietals: Complete Guide 2022
People who are new to fine wine tasting often report that the labelling of the wine can be confusing; with different terms making it hard to...
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Feb 01, 2022
Wine Glossary: A - Z of Wine
We’re all familiar with the reputation of viniculture and its association with the inexplicable terminology and impossible rhetoric of...
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Feb 01, 2022
Rhône 2019 En Primeur Vintage Report
2019 in the Rhône is yet another resounding success based both on our tastings and on the comments of the wine critics which include 'stellar...
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Mar 29, 2021
Bordeaux 2019 En Primeur Report
In advance of our official Mr.Wheeler communication we wanted to let you know that exciting news has started to surface from Bordeaux regarding this...
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May 26, 2020
Pommard Burgundy 2018 En Primeur: A Review
We tasted a lot of very good Burgundy in 2018, and the quality of the vintage shines through from top to bottom. But something particularly struck us...
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Jan 30, 2020
Burgundy 2018 En Primeur Report
January is the time of year for us to turn our attention to the new vintage from Burgundy and with 2018 we have made an outstanding selection of wines...
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Jan 22, 2020
The Future Of New Zealand'S Wine
This year, New Zealand is celebrating 200 years since the country’s first vines took root. In September 1819, Yorkshire man and Christian...
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Aug 05, 2019
Bordeaux 2018 En Primeur Report
The superb 2018 vintage in Bordeaux was very much the result of two diametrically opposed periods – a very wet first half of the season, with...
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Apr 17, 2019
Rhone Wines: Our Review
As the wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy compete for the title of most in-demand fine wines in the world, with ever-increasing prices the result of this...
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Mar 25, 2019
Fine Wine News | March 2019
As 2019 continues apace, Mr.Wheeler’s fine wine department has continued to grow and indeed, flourish since the turn of the year. The worldwide...
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Mar 21, 2019
Burgundy 2017 En Primeur: Our Top Picks
There is simply no doubt that 2017 Burgundy has been a huge hit for the Mr.Wheeler team and our customers alike.
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Feb 18, 2019
Château Guiraud Wines: Our Review
Dry White Bordeaux is one of the wine world’s most exciting, yet regularly overlooked wine styles. Having been blessed with the opportunity to...
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Feb 15, 2019
Château D'Escurac 2007: Our Review
At the end of January the Mr.Wheeler team were treated to an extensive blind tasting of Red Bordeaux with an upper budget of £15 a bottle from...
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Feb 15, 2019
Fine Wine List
Few varieties are more keenly debated than Chardonnay. There is an army of people who will avoid a wine labelled as Chardonnay at all costs, and those...
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Feb 01, 2019
Chardonnay Wines: Our Review
Few varieties are more keenly debated than Chardonnay. There is an army of people who will avoid a wine labelled as Chardonnay at all costs, and those...
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Feb 01, 2019
What Is Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc's popularity seems to grow and grow, with no signs of this changing just yet. As the British palate has developed a taste for drier,...
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Jan 23, 2019
Pinot Noir Red Wine: Our Review
Pinot Noir is a true connoisseurs variety, as no other variety seems to reflect its terroir so exactly in the finished wine. For this reason it is...
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Jan 15, 2019
Burgundy 2017: Our Review
Early January is always an exciting time in the UK wine trade, the highlight of which is most certainly the release of Burgundy’s latest...
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Jan 08, 2019
Greywacke Event - July 2018
There is no better way to really appreciate and understand a wine than to enjoy it in the company of the winemaker who made it, and when that...
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Jul 10, 2018
Bordeaux 2017 Early Vintage Review Part 3
Day three of my 2017 Bordeaux tastings was met with a bright and sunny start as we escaped Bordeaux city for the rolling hillside of the...
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Apr 30, 2018
Bordeaux 2017 Early Vintage Review | Part 2
Day two in Bordeaux’s Left Bank and our attention turned to the classic communes of St Julien, Margaux and Pauillac. Pessac-Leognan had already...
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Apr 19, 2018
Bordeaux 2017 Early Vintage Review
Following the excellent preceding twin vintages of 2015 and 2016, it was never going to be the easiest task for 2017 Bordeaux to fire the imagination...
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Apr 13, 2018
2016 Rhône Wine: Our Review
With so much planned for the first half of 2018, we anticipate a foray into France’s Rhône Valley too, offering 2016 to our customers from...
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Mar 28, 2018
Bordeaux 2017 En Primeur Report
As the year moves on we find ourselves knocking on Bordeaux’s door once again.
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Mar 22, 2018
Burgundy 2016: Our Review
This time last year, Burgundy was a source of great excitement, and it was difficult to imagine anything from the region matching the exuberance and...
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Jan 12, 2018
The Recent Resurgence Of Rosé Wine
The recent resurgence of rosé wine
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Sep 05, 2017
Seafood Extravaganza
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Aug 31, 2017
Choose Better: Wine Tasting Competition
Mr.Wheeler always strives to help customers choose better wine, and so one lucky wine enthusiast will be given the opportunity to win two tickets to...
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Jul 06, 2017
The Top 5 Benefits Of Online Wine Buying
Increasing numbers of people are flocking to virtual wine sellers, opting to purchase their fine wines online and taking advantage of the many...
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Jul 04, 2017
Bordeaux 2016 Round-Up: Part 1 | The Left Bank
So as the dust settles on a frenetic 2016 Bordeaux campaign, it is plain to see that the undisputed high quality evident in the wines produced has...
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Jun 27, 2017
Le Roc, Southwold : A French Café, Flying the Flag For The Languedoc
We all know the British tendency to gather eclectic wine and food from around the world, often to a fault. Fajitas share menu space with lamb shanks...
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Jun 08, 2017
The Summer Selection - Domaine de la Jasse
Our annual pre-shipment offer of the new summer selection from Domaine de la Jasse will shortly be coming to a close.
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Jun 06, 2017
The rise of English wine
It was in January 2010 that English Sparkling Wine was placed firmly on the map. The occasion was the World Sparkling Wine Championship in Verona, all...
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Jun 01, 2017
Greenhough Wines, Nelson: Our Review
Better wine drinking means experiencing a greater level of enjoyment and satisfaction. For us, it is about empowering Mr.Wheeler customers to be able...
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May 23, 2017
Food And Wine Pairing: The Ultimate Guide
A fine wine exquisitely matched with its cuisine counterpart can be a transporting experience. The synthesis of intermingling disparate flavours,...
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May 17, 2017
2016 Bordeaux: A Really Good Vintage
I recently had the opportunity to attend a vertical tasting of Bordeaux from the 2016, 2015 and 2014 vintages (the term ‘vertical tasting’...
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May 15, 2017
Tasting Wine At A Restaurant: Our Guide
We choose better wine at Mr.Wheeler, and it is our mission to help you choose better wine too. We want to instil in you the skills and expertise...
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May 11, 2017
Bordeaux 2016: Our Review
2015 was always going to be a hard act to follow, but Bordeaux has responded with another show-stopping vintage, which in many cases surpasses its...
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May 05, 2017
Why Is Wine Bottled At Source Better?
Wine has been exported from the vineyards of the world over many centuries. The methods of transportation might have changed from the days when the...
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May 03, 2017
The Cricketers In Mill Green: Our Review
Rarely have we at Mr.Wheeler seen an account transform as quickly as The Cricketers in Mill Green, near Fryerning. The change is especially remarkable...
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Apr 18, 2017
Buying En Primeur: Buy Wine Before It Gets Widely Available
Buying En Primeur is a method of purchasing wine before it becomes more widely available on the open market, particularly from the more sought after...
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Mar 28, 2017
2015 Burgundy Vintage
Quality shines through from top to bottom - in short, this will go down as one of the truly great vintages.
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Mar 14, 2017