NV Larmandier-Bernier, Terre de Vertus, 1er Cru Non-Dosé, Champagne, France (£49.99, Selfridges Wonder Bar tel. 020 7318 2476).  I am completely and utterly obsessed with ‘small grower’ Champagnes.  Producers like André Jacquart, Jacquesson, Bèréche, Jérôme Prévost, Claude Carré, Dehours,... 

2004 Chapel Down, Pinot Reserve, England (£24.99, selected Nicolas, Fortnum & Mason tel. 020 7734 8040, Wholefoods Market tel. 020 7368 4500, www.englishwinesgroup.com). I tasted all of the wines on show at the annual English Wine tasting a few weeks ago, so you don’t have to. And I must admit... 

2007 Riesling, Domaine Léon Boesch Alsace, France (£15.00, Green & Blue Wines tel. 020 8693 9250 and www.greenandbluewines.com). Once in a while I get a real shock when I am tasting new wines and this week’s coronary moment came when I stumbled across Nick Brookes from Vine Trail (tel. 0117... 

Welcome to the 100 Best Australian Wine list for 2010.  As always this list is the result of exhaustive tastings over the last twelve months and it represents the finest one hundred Australian wines on the shelves in the UK today. This year I have introduced a brand new initiative - the Hall of Fame... 

2006 LYM Tannat, Gimenez Mendez, Las Brujas, Montevideo, Uruguay (£136.95 inc vat and delivery / case of 12 bottles, The Maidenhead Wine Company tel. 01628411273 & www.maidenheadwine.co.uk ). I have never, in my wine trade life of twenty-two years, written up a wine from Uruguay. I have tasted... 

2008 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, La Réserve des Oliviers, Domaine Chante Cigale / Maison Favier, Southern Rhône, France (21.00, SWIG, www.swig.co.uk or tel. 08000 272272). I am assured that this wine arrives in the country in the next few days and that SWIG will physically have stock shortly thereafter,...