2008 Brothers & Sisters Viognier, Adelaide, South Australia (£59.34 for a case of 6 bottles (£9.89), Marks & Spencer Wines Direct). Natasha Mooney is one of Australia’s greatest winemakers. A young, energetic and talented woman, she consults in Chile, South Africa and Portugal and back home,... 

2006 Tim Adams Semillon, Clare Valley, South Australia (£9.19, Tesco) Tim Adams (known affectionately as Bonecrusher, thanks to his wince-inducing handshake) is one of the unsung heroes of the Australian wine scene. I have known him for over twenty years, which coincides neatly with the period in... 

Bordeaux was less busy than usual, for all of the obvious, gloomy, financial reasons and I don’t remember hearing a single American accent all week, but the Brits were there in force hoping, as one, that prices would fall (as they must) and that the quality would perhaps surprise us all.  Like last... 

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... 

2008 Jurançon Sec, Domaine Bellegarde, South West France (£10.95, Yapp Brothers Ltd of Mere, tel. 01747 860423 & www.yapp.co.uk). Spring has well and truly arrived here, and if you are not in the mood yet then cast off that gloomy, occluded look with this wine - your very own livid, shocking,...