MoneyWeek, 23 October 2009 – 2006 Kepos, Maremma, Italy
2006 Kepos, Ampeleia, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy (£15.99, Corks Out tel. 01925 267 700 & www.corksout.com). I met Elisabetta Foradori years ago on my very first wine tasting trip to Italy. I visited the far north – Trentino and Alto Adige – and her Teroldego Rotaliano .. more
MoneyWeek, 9 October 2009 – 2005 Landelia Cabernet Sauvignon
2005 Landelia Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Alto Agrelo, Argentina (£8.99, Virgin Wines tel. 0845 543 8864 & customerservice@virginwines.com). This week I am writing about a wine that I know nothing about at all! Rumour has it that Paul Hobbs (a Californian Cabernet guru) consults at .. more
MoneyWeek, 18 September 2009 – 2004 Hegarty Chamans, Minervois
2004 Hegarty Chamans, Cuvée 1, Minervois, Languedoc, France (£15.50, Adnams tel. 020 8940 8684 & 01502 727200). I have followed this estate’s wines very closely since Sir John Hegarty and his partner Philippa Crane bought it in 2002. The transformation of the vineyards is still .. more
MoneyWeek, 21 August 2009 – 2005 Penfolds Bin 28
2005 Penfolds, Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz, Barossa Valley, South Australia (£68.34 per case of six bottles – £11.39 per bottle, www.tesco.com/wine). Hold onto your hats gentlemen (ladies grasp your bonnets)! Bin 28 is nothing short of a legend in Australia and I am so obsessed .. more
MoneyWeek, 8 May 2009 – 2006 LYM Tannat, Uruguay
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. .. more
MoneyWeek, 1 May 2009 – 2008 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Réserve des Oliviers, France
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 .. 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, 6 March 2009 – 2006 Côtes-du-Rhône, Belleruche, Chapoutier
2006 Côtes-du-Rhône Belleruche Rouge, M. Chapoutier, Rhône, France (£8.99 per bottle, £7.19 by the case, Oddbins; £7.99, EH Booth, Majestic). I tasted the full portfolio of Chapoutier wines the other day and for the very first time I was completely and utterly taken by each .. more
