Can a can of wine taste good? yes it can, sorry, I know too many cans in a sentence but like it or not it seems that ‘wine in a…

Just a quick shout out for this again and one of my favourite Sauvignon Blanc’s the ‘Ned Pinnacle’ which is unmistakeably a New Zealand Sovee but with a little more…

Carrying on from where I left off in the last review we have another excellent offering from the ever reliable Wickhams, this time a very agreeable Pinot Noir. Although Pinot…

Up next is another wine from ‘Wickhams’ a small but up and coming independent wine and spirit merchant which from what I’ve discovered so far are offering some pretty decent…

Been a while since a wine enthralled me like this one did, what an absolute delight it was, even for a Monday night. I grabbed this Barossa Shiraz to bring…

Off we go again with another one of Lidl’s excellent wine tour, this time featuring a selection of French wines to try. During a quick shop I managed to grab…

Back to the Southern Rhône in this review, been a while since I’ve poured myself a ‘Pope’s new castle’ and rummaging though my rack I came across this bottle ,…

Semillon, another wine that divides opinion but for me it deserves serious consideration if you want a white wine that is just a little different. Apart from Bordeaux, Semillon is…

Back to Italy today and before I give you my thoughts on this wine I must give congratulations (through gritted teeth) to the Italian football team for winning the Euro’s,…

Always nice when you get a recommendation for a wine that turns out to be not exactly what you thought it would be like but surprises you and that’s exactly…

Been a while since my last wine review as I have been away for a few days for a much needed twin break in Hampshire and Dorset respectively, walking, relaxing…

Celebrating my 63rd birthday a few days ago (getting closer to my bus pass now !) we opened up some lovely bottles which we shared with family sitting in the…

Back to Lidl again and a wine that surprised me ( I do find myself saying this a lot when it comes to this store). In terms of value for…

Introducing a easy to use Wine Finder facility from the People’s Choice Wine Awards……….. What is the People’s Choice Wine Awards The saying ‘ It does exactly what it says…

Yet another Sovee Bee from New Zealand, this time a intense offering from Marlborough and the Framingham winery, established in 1981. A unique place for both wine and music in…

I hosted a Zoom tasting with friends recently in which we opened an Orange wine from Chile and a Monastrell from Spain. Not the first time I’ve tasted Orange wine…

With English wine week fast approaching (19th -27th June 2021) here we are again talking English wine and these two bottles from the Sharpham Vineyard near the town of Totnes…

Sunday roast lamb on the menu, so there’s only choice of wine to drink with it and that’s a Rioja but which one ? Rummaging around my rack I came…

For the past few weeks my wife and I have participated in a zoom wine tasting with 3 other couples in which we all take it in turn to select…

Austrian Zweigelt? probably not first on your list when looking for a bottle of red wine but maybe it should be. It’s the most widely planted grape in Austria and…

In my never ending search to find good affordable Claret (easier said than done) my quest recently has resulted in finding at least a couple of decent Bordeaux’s for around…

Been a while since I reviewed an Italian wine and this bottle was like welcoming back an old friend. Warm and fruit forward describes this southern Italian bottle perfectly, this…

From the first time I tasted a wine from Furleigh Estate I was hooked, the wine in question was their white Pinot Noir at an event a couple of years…

May not be an instantly recognisable Spanish grape variety but Bobal (pronounced Bow-bal) is in fact the most planted grape varietal behind Airén and Tempranillo. Most of the Bobal vines…

Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio, two sides of the same coin coming from the same grape variety but very different in style, Pinot Grigio tends to be typically lighter in style…

You only have to look at the picture to realise that this is going to be very different from your run of the mill Rosé (Rosat in Catalan). This is…

I’ve been hearing a lot about Greek wine lately and most of it positive and I must say, after tasting this, I can understand why. Greece who proudly grow their…

Coming towards the finale of my ‘Iberian Wine Tour’ reviews with this very agreeable Portuguese Dão and I must say on the whole this has been one of the better…

Off to Catalonia Spain we go to the Terra Alta in the province of Tarragona with two wines from Celler Alimara, the Llumi Blanc and Negre, originating from an area…

Been looking forward to trying this Hachón Ribera del Duero from the latest Lidl ‘Iberian Wine Tour’ and I must say I was pleasantly surprised at the quality even with…