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Matthew Jukes is wine correspondent of the Daily Mail and is read each week by over 9 million readers. He has won The International Wine and Spirit Competition’s Trophy for Communicator of the Year, writes best selling wine guides in the UK and Australia, as well as being a wine buyer and internationally respected wine judge.
Welcome to the sixth Matthew Jukes 100 Best Australian Wines “hotlist” - the most relevant, bang up to date buyer’s guide to the crème de la crème from Down Under for consumers and trade buyers alike. In a year of dramatic headlines and events, it is good to be able to launch our strongest hotlist ever. In no other country do we encounter such a range of diversity, innovation and the ability to deliver across such an extreme range of price points. Deciding on the final 100 was...
The consumer tasting of all of the 100 Best Australian Wines 2009 on 30 June 2009 at Australia House in London is now completely SOLD OUT. Tickets went in a matter of days, and there is now a substantial waiting list. However, don’t despair, as you can still have a chance of attending if you enter...
Bordeaux 2008 En Primeur scores n/t = important Châteaux that I didn’t taste 2008 Château Name score / 20 FIRST GROWTHS (PREMIERS CRUS) Château Lafite-Rothschild (Pauillac) 19 Château Latour (Pauillac) 19 Château Haut-Brion (Graves) 18.5 Château Margaux (Margaux) 18.5 Château...
Matthew presented his Top 50 South African Wines 2009 at the Annual General Meeting of Wines of South Africa (the UK industry body) in London this week. Here is the full list of wines along with prices and stockists. 1. Graham Beck Blancs de Blanc, Robertson, 2005 £12.99 100% Chardonnay Alcohol:...
Yesterday we launched our 60 Best New Zealand Wines 2009 at the annual New Zealand trade tasting and consumer event at Lords Cricket Ground in London. This is the culmination of a year of tasting New Zealand wines, with the added focus of selecting from only those wines actually at the tasting.(for region...
My annual October pilgrimage to Burgundy is the highpoint of my wine diary. This year, for the first time ever, I decided to break with tradition and just tackle the white wines on this trip, leaving the reds until the New Year. Rumours of tight, focussed, high acid, mineral-driven wines made this...
Hope that you all had a good Christmas and New Year break. Welcome back, there ’s lots to look forward to in 2009. We have an exciting and busy start to the New Year, with the trade En Primeur Burgundy tastings starting today and continuing through all of next week. However, Matthew travelled to...
2000 Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Semillon, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia (£19.99, selected Tesco). Apparently 103 Tesco stores stock this heavenly wine which is pretty remarkable because it is one of the rarest and most sought after whites in Australia. Bear in mind also, that it is eight years...
2006 Rully, 1er cru Montpalais, Jean-Baptiste Ponsot, Burgundy, France (£14.69, Domaine Direct, tel. 020 7837 1142). Red alert, this bottle knocked me and my wine-writing girlfriend sideways when we tasted it the other day. The competition is now on now, between us, to see who can get it into one...
This week’s Christmas reds are a motley crew with only two points connecting them – epic value for money and staggering impact on the nose and palate. These beauties will cover all of the bases for your entertaining this year. 2007 Pilgrimage Mazuelo, Extremadura, Spain (£6.98, Asda). Weird...
