On Thursday Tim hosted a fascinating virtual tasting of white wines from Rueda, one of Spain’s top white wine producing regions. Here are his pick of the bunch, many of which you can track down to buy and enjoy: 2019 Beronia Veredjo (13%)£8.99 Waitrose Clean, fresh and fruity with appealing boiled sweets and nectarine flavours, […]
Top of the list of things I want every enjoyer of wine to feel comfortable with (and that’s a pretty long list, gang) is joyfully throwing food and wine together with total happiness and abandon. Too many people approach food and wine pairing as a worrisome concept and overthink it. The idea that food and […]
There are so many rosés around right now it is difficult to know where to start picking one. I’ve tasted through about 50 over the course of the summer – so far! – and can recommend these three, all at different price points: Floracao Rosé 2019, Lisboa, Portugal (Majestic, £7.99 or £6.99 as part of […]
This week I have not one, but two sensational wines from the same producer to talk to you about. Excuse me, I get a bit deep with it. There is a serious gastronomic discovery to be had if they are both enjoyed together with friends. Especially around a feast of roast pork. Neither are cheap […]
I usually aim to highlight a new-found gem in this newsletter. But, this week, the most joyous wine I’ve tasted has been a constant of the wine rack for six months or so. That’s not so long. It’s still an on-the-pulse, fresh cut… probably. Anyway, it’s just too good not to share and I want […]
It’s picnic season, and if dragging heavy bottles of wine around on your outside jaunts doesn’t appeal, look at some alternative packaging. Wine in cans is now a thing – a very good thing in fact, easy to carry and recyclable, but only if you pick the right cans. I like The Uncommon Bacchus from […]
Swing open an indie wine merchant’s door in July and you’ll gauge if they’re on the pulse or not by whether you’re hit by a sharp, bright waft of apricots, citrus and pineapple. If it smells like they may have knocked over a small can of petrol, that shouldn’t necessarily put you off entering either. […]
We are lucky to have a little garden and it was there that I made the two key discoveries that I’m going to let you in on, in the hope June and July turn out the same. Neither is revolutionary but they brought a lot of joy. The first; our local butcher Holmansbridge Farm started knocking out […]
Olly here and on behalf of Tim, Oz and the team we want to wish you and yours all the best in this difficult time during the Covid-19 crisis. We’ve always believed that wine is about celebrating the good things in life and while we may not be able to share a glass in person […]
Ahead of our Three Amigos Tasting with Wines From Spain on Tuesday 31st March, Oz Clarke brings to life Spain’s array of fantastical white wines. I didn’t know I was so far ahead of my time when I stopped at a restaurant called ‘The Man with the Hat’ at the top of a mountain pass […]
