5 Brand New Delicious Wines for Mother’s Day
Here are five particularly delicious wines with which to celebrate and spoil your mother on Mother’s Day. 2011 Moscato d’Asti, Nivole, Chiarlo, Piemonte, Italy (£6.99, half bottle, Booths Supermarkets). At only 5% alcohol, this feather-weight, sparkling sweet wine is the cutest and most innocent wine .. more
5 New Medium-Weight Wintry Wines
As you ease yourself into winter I have chosen five slightly more structured wines to fit the season. Next week five even bigger flavours. 2007 Torre del Falco, Nero di Troia, Puglia, Italy (£7.99, reduced to £4.99 until 6 December, Waitrose). A brilliant, bargain priced .. more
MoneyWeek, 2 September 2011 – 2008 Barbera d’Alba, Bruno Rocca, Piemonte, Italy
2008 Barbera d’Alba, Bruno Rocca, Piemonte, Italy (£28.99, Selfridges tel. 0800 123400, The Vineking tel. 01932 853 466, Liberty Wines tel. 020 7720 5350). According to an American website, Fall (Autumn, as we know it) starts on the 23rd of this month. It’s apparently an .. more
Daily Mail Weekend, 6 August 2011 – 5 Italian Superb Value Wines
I have five wonderfully evocative Italian wines this week from some of the most illustrious estates in the country. 2010 Moncaro, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico, Marche (£4.99, Waitrose). Gosh, I have been a fan of this wine for over a decade and the .. more
Daily Mail Weekend, 5 February 2011 – 6 Great Sweet Wines
There is something tangible missing from your diet. It is the closure, the full stop, the chequered flag and the mark of a truly generous and well-seasoned host – your missing link is a stunning sweet wine. We are used to pouring well-chosen whites and .. more
Daily Mail Weekend – 26 June 2010 – 3 Italian wines
2009 Giardini Falanghina, Puglia, Italy (£7.99, Sainsbury’s). This is another fabulous example of one of Italy’s rarest grape varieties – falanghina. It is on tip top form in this inexpensive wine, with gooseberry, greengage and lime notes cavorting around on your palate. The acidity .. more
MoneyWeek, 28 August 2009 – 2007 Renato Ratti Nebbiolo, Piemonte
2007 Renato Ratti Nebbiolo, Piemonte, Italy (£10.99, Marks & Spencer). I know nothing about this fabulously named producer, but I can tell you that this is one hell of a wine. Nebbiolo is an aristocratic red grape and the great wines of Barolo and Barbaresco .. more
MoneyWeek, 26 June 2009 – 2008 Dolcetto Nirane, Ascheri, Piemonte
2008 Dolcetto, Vigna Nirane, Matteo Ascheri, Piemonte, Italy (£14.50, SWIG tel. 08000 272272 & www.swig.co.uk). This wine has only just arrived in the country and apparently there is still some 2007 (a nice wine, but not remotely as serious as this new 2008) around, so .. more
