Daily Mail Weekend, 3 September 2011 – 5 Great Deals
I am going to swerve the Birthday cake with wine temptation and simply show you this week’s hottest tips. 2010 Fish Hoek, Sauvignon Blanc, South Africa (£7.49, reduced to £5.59, until 13 September, Waitrose). Behind this terrific, eye-catching label is a very tidy wine made .. more
Daily Mail Weekend, 30 April 2011 – 5 Californian Wines
California has come a long way since the sickly wave of ‘White Zinfandel’ engulfed us in the nineties. These days there are some delicious wines and they are not all sky high prices – here are some of my favourites. 2008 Bogle, Petite Sirah (£13.95 .. more
Daily Mail Weekend, 15 May 2010 – 3 new wines
Roast Chicken and Leftovers My ‘Desert Island Main Course’ dish is roast chicken, so a list of chicken friendly wines is a doddle for me. Having said this I have given you a broad repertoire of flavours and even broken a few winey rules! .. more
MoneyWeek, 5 February 2010 – 2008 Delta Hatters Hill Pinot Noir, New Zealand
2008 Delta Vineyard Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New Zealand (£12.99, Whole Foods Market tel. 020 7368 4500, Stone Vine & Sun tel. 01962 712351, Noel Young Wines tel. 01223 566744, The Wine Society tel. 01438 741177, Luvians tel. 01334 477752, Villeneuve Wines tel. 0131 558 8441). .. more
The Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification 2010
Launched in January 2010 at ’Pinot Noir 2010′ in Wellington, New Zealand. Click on the text below to open the A4 printable document. The Great New Zealand Pinot Noir Classification 2010
MoneyWeek, 15 January 2010 – 2007 Seresin Leah Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New Zealand
2007 Seresin, Leah Pinot Noir, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand (£18.99, Armit Wine tel. 020 7908 0600 & www.armit.co.uk). Filmmaker/cinematographer Michael Seresin is a driven man. A perfectionist when working on films such as Midnight Express, Birdy, Angela’s Ashes and Harry Potter, he is equally .. more
MoneyWeek, 13 March 2009 – 2006 Surveyor Thomson Pinot Noir, Central Otago
2006 Surveyor Thomson Single Vineyard Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand (£19.99, Coe Vintners of Redbridge, Essex tel. 0208 551 4966). I was in Hong Kong a few months ago hosting a Burgundy dinner and after a thoroughly enjoyable line up of bottles and some .. more
MoneyWeek, 14 November 2008 – 2006 Yabby Lake Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Australia
2006 Yabby Lake Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia (£24.00, reduced to a MoneyWeek offer price of £19.50, SWIG, London tel. 08000 272 272 and www.swig.co.uk). The three musketeers of the UK wine scene, Robin, Damon and James at SWIG managed to secure the UK .. more
