The Entertaining Mixed Case

Bordeaux 2018 was a particularly good vintage for merlot - especially at Château Méaume where their 'Réserve du Château' is sourced from their oldest vines. Merlot vines each at an average age of 50+ years, whose low yields make for a wonderfully... Read More

This appealing red from Tuscany bursts black fruit flavours - cherries, black berries - and a lift of spice. Rich and of course food friendly, with velvety tannins giving balance and a smooth finish.

After retasting Domaine Bellevue's 2024 Sauvignon Touraine at a Loire-focused event recently, I was once again bowled over by how superior it was alongside the dozen or so others showing on the day. As it is with every vintage. And I mean superior in... Read More

"...produced by Christian Collovray and Jean-Luc Terrier from carefully chosen, bought-in fruit, half an hour further down the A6 from Uchizy at the southernmost point the Mâconnais. This, too, is unoaked and is full of beautifully judged tropical... Read More

A sumptuous, highly drinkable malbec - resplendent in its smart new livery - now called 'Cepas' this is a definite cut above most malbecs around, and hails from a specific 48-hectare vineyard terroir - 'Alto Agrelo'. Malbec is Argentina's signature... Read More

"...Gewurztraminer 'Cuvée René Dopff' is pure joy. With spicy lychee, mango, pineapple fruit and a whisper of aromatic rose petals, it's dry to off-dry and encapsulates all that Alsace is about. Gosh, I love this."Jonathan Ray, The Spectator (Tasted... Read More