http://www.matthewjukes.com The personal website of acclaimed wine writer Matthew Jukes Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:06:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2008 Strandveld Vineyards Adamastor, Elim, South Africa (£16.00, Specialist Vineyards tel. 020 8969 9896 & info@specialistvineyards.com).  I have recently tasted two white South African wines which have really set the standard for all other Cape whites and they should also sound a warning shot across the bows of the rest ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=872 I very much look forward to seeing all of you who are attending at the National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne on Monday 6 September.  I will be reporting back about this amazing event on my return to the UK later that week.  I will also be whipping Victorians ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=870 Sadly, the photo in the magazine this week is the wrong one - blame the UK agent!  Oh well.  Be assured that the bottle of wine is an awful lot prettier than the one featured! 2002 Joseph Perrier, Brut Rosé, Champagne, France (£43.50 - £49.95, Cambridge Wine Merchants tel. 01223 568991, ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=866 3 Wines for Tomato Recipes! The seemingly innocent tomato is a notoriously difficult chap to match to wine.  Look to high acid wines with crisp finishes to balance nicely with these dishes.  And any colour goes, hence my delicious triplet of wines this week.   2008 Chinon, Domaine du Colombier, Loire, France (£5.99, ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=861 2000 Tesco Finest* Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva, Limited Edition, Spain (£14.99, selected Tesco). Tesco is celebrating ten years of its Finest* own-label wine series.  I sat through an enlightening lecture given by Dan Jago, director of Beers, Wines and Spirits, the other day and he waxed lyrical about the ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=864 2009 Apremont, Les Rocailles, Savoie, France (£7.99, Waitrose or £7.59, by the case, www.waitrosewine.com).  There is massive bolt of nostalgia welling up in me as I type this column.  I haven't drunk an Apremont in ages, so Les Rocailles is a massive treat.  Perhaps that's because I have missed out ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=857 2009 Taste the Difference Albariño, Galicia, Spain (£6.99, Sainsbury's).  The quirky albariño grape smells a little like a tangy viognier with its peach fuzz, lime and honeysuckle notes and it is an impossible classy combo with seafood and crustacea, so it is spot on with the paella and it can ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=854 2007 Moulin-à-Vent, Clos du Tremblay, Domaine Janin, Beaujolais, France (£15.75, Harvey Nichols of London tel. 020 7201 8537; £12.50, Underwood Wines of Warwick tel. 01926 402100).  The Glorious Twelfth is just around the corner and you must arm yourself with a few decent reds for this annual challenge.  This year ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=852 2006 Mountford Estate Pinot Noir, Waipara, New Zealand (£30.95, www.slurp.co.uk).  Some of the world's finest Pinots come from a small, virtually unknown, boutique wine region called Waipara, in the South Island of New Zealand.  Heroic names like Pyramid Valley, Bell Hill and Pegasus Bay are already on the shrewdest of ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=850 2007 Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt, Mosel, Germany (£14.00, MWH Wine Merchants tel. 0118 984 4654 and www.mwhwine.co.uk).  I wrote up a von Kesselstatt wine in this column nearly four years ago and every bottle that I have tasted from this estate since has completely captivated my palate.  A ... http://www.matthewjukes.com/?p=848