I’m currently on the road in Provence. It’s a beautiful time of year to be here. Harvest has just begun in many areas; in others it is a week or…
The Lidl fine wine sale, full notes on all the wines
Lidl have just launched a fine wine offering. Titled the ‘Lidl Premium French Wine Collection’, they have purchased a large quantity of decent French wine and are selling it at…
Thymiopoulos Xinomavro
This is fabulous. It’s made by Apostolos Thymiopoulos for Marks & Spencer from biodynamically managed vineyards, and it’s a wonderfully approachable, drinkable example of the lovely Xinomavro grape variety, one…
Wind Gap Trousseau Gris
This is a really interesting wine from Wind Gap, an exciting Californian winery making elegant, balanced wines. It’s from Trousseau Gris, a rare colour mutation of the red Trousseau, which…
Matching wine and Indian food at the fabulous Gymkhana, with Sue Sethi
On Monday night I was at Gymkhana, one of London’s most happening restaurants, for an Indian food and wine matching dinner with wine buyer and co-owner Sue Sethi (pictured above)….
Wine Science Extra, a new e-book
I have just published a new e-book, titled Wine Science Extra. When I wrote the revised version of Wine Science (published in the USA as The Science of Wine), I…
Domaine Jones Grenache Gris 2013
British ex-pat Katie Jones has been living in the Languedoc since 1993. She worked at the Mont Tauch co-operative until 2009, when she started her boutique winery, which now consists…
The fabulous Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 2013
I love this wine. It’s from a relatively cool vintage, and it has a brilliant tension to it. Starting off with a small negociant business in the 1980s, Pascal Jolivet…
Ardbeg Supernova SN2014
OK, this isn’t wine. It’s whisky. A subject I know considerably less about than wine. But I am a flavour guy, so when I encounter some really interesting flavours, I…