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2019 Howard’s Folly, Sonhador Branco, Alentejo, Portugal

16th April 2021

The Howard in question is Howard Bilton, an ebullient Yorkshireman with a deep love of great wine and fine art. The Folly part signposts to anyone who is not aware that making wine is never a very good idea if you are hoping to make some profit! Nevertheless, Howard has set up a stunning winery and restaurant in the pretty town of Estremoz, in the…

2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report – Episode 3 – Pichon Baron, Pibran & Suduiraut

15th April 2021

2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report Episode 3 - Pichon Baron, Pibran & Suduiraut 2020 Château Pibran (Pauillac) 55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon 50% new oak for 18 months This is a plump, juicy Pibran with a mass of black fruit which crowds the palate as soon as you take a sip. Bold and relatively forward with dusty but not aggressive…

2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report – Episode 2 – Sociando-Mallet

15th April 2021

2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report Episode 2 - Sociando-Mallet 2020 Château Sociando-Mallet (Haut-Médoc) (53% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc) 90% new oak for 12 months 14% alc 42 hL/ha Harvested between 14th - 30th September There is an overriding sense of calm in 2020 Sociando-Mallet and it arrives the very first…

Vineyard Magazine – May 2021

14th April 2021

Vineyard May 2021 Green and Pleasant www.vineyardmagazine.co.uk While we are inching closer to being allowed out of our houses to enjoy ourselves, it appears that holiday travel abroad, this summer, is far from certain. Having gambled last year, and lost, the Jukes family has decided to play safe, make the most of our green and pleasant land and…

FOOD & WINE MATCHING – everything you ever needed to know about this mysterious art

14th April 2021

FOOD & WINE I have written about food and wine-matching for over twenty years. Thirteen of my fourteen wine books have featured comprehensive food and wine-matching chapters and I have written over 1000 columns in the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine along this theme as well. For more than 26 years, I wrote the wine lists for a handful of award-winning…

The Fifty Finest Wines 2020

So, this neat report sums up the 50 most vital wines for your delectation as we come to the end of what has been a truly challenging year.

I hope that you love the wines as much as I do. It has been a great pleasure putting this collection together, pitting wine against wine in order to come up with the perfect fifty.

All of these wines are available right now to buy (and drink!), so no en primeur or as yet unreleased wines feature here. It is important that you can order every one of these bottles to be delivered to your door today.

Spread across all price brackets and with no extraneous criteria other than serious quality coupled with intrinsic value, this is an eclectic collection like no other and I am sure that you will find a few sensational wines here which will excite your palate.

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WEDNESDAY WINES

Every Wednesday, since the beginning of the first extraordinary ‘lockdown’ period in April 2019, I select a few great wines that I think offer particular value for money and also a huge amount of joy on both the nose and palate for you to savour. These wines are designed to lift your mood during these uncertain times. This initiative allows me to run wild outside of the formats of my weekly national columns. All of the merchants featured in Wednesday Wines are able to deliver to your doorstep, so you should be able to order easily and receive the wines without too much delay. As we go in and out of lockdown and restrictions are relaxed and then, again, tightened I have decided to continue with this piece because the feedback from my readers, the wineries concerned and the merchants listed has been overwhelming.

Stay safe. Thank you.

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2019 Howard’s Folly, Sonhador Branco, Alentejo, Portugal

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2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report – Episode 3 – Pichon Baron, Pibran & Suduiraut

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2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report – Episode 2 – Sociando-Mallet

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FOOD & WINE MATCHING – everything you ever needed to know about this mysterious art

Matthew has been a constant thread in our successful communication, not just on wine, but all things South Australian.

When I became Agent-General, I looked at all of the things that South Australia does well. There are many. But wine is the one I decided was the most appropriate to use as our ‘flagship’. Everyone loves wine. Everyone knows wine comes from nice places. We have the best wine in Australia – and the world. Matthew Jukes is the best advocate we have.

Not only is he an independent expert and an expert on wine – especially South Australian wine – he is also a brilliant communicator and an all-round good bloke. He features regularly as the star of our South Australia Club events and has become a key factor in its success. We love him.

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2019 Howard’s Folly, Sonhador Branco, Alentejo, Portugal

2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report – Episode 3 – Pichon Baron, Pibran & Suduiraut

2020 Bordeaux En Primeur Report – Episode 2 – Sociando-Mallet

Vineyard Magazine – May 2021

FOOD & WINE MATCHING – everything you ever needed to know about this mysterious art

The Fifty Finest Wines 2020

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2018 Bordeaux En Primeur Report

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