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MoneyWeek – 2025 Three Bowls Assyrtiko, PGI Peloponnese, Greece (£15.00, www.maltbyandgreek.com).

Try as I might, I have never managed to get my head around Greek wines.  I suppose it would help if I visited some of the regions, but this pleasure has evaded me my entire wine life.  Sporadic wines move the dial, but I know I have been perpetually off the pace.  That was, until a tasting the other day that blew my mind.  Maltby & Greek is…
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MoneyWeek – 2024 Riesling, Bonnes Terres, Domaine Weinbach, Famille Faller, Alsace, France

One of the most exciting bonus tastings tacked onto the end of ‘Burgundy En Primeur Week’, in mid-January, is a single table of cosmic Alsatian wines from the most extraordinary producer of all, Weinbach.  After ten events and well over 1500 Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, the Justerini & Brooks tasting is a tiny bit different.  While I have…
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MoneyWeek – 2022 Château Pierre-Bise, Les Rouannières, Coteaux de Layon Beaulieu, Loire, France  

Global alcohol consumption appears to be stuck in a gradually declining spiral, with Europe and the UK seeing falling per capita consumption.  As we all know, Gen Z and younger adults are becoming increasingly health-conscious, which has led to a rise in so-called sober-curious behaviours.  As a wine expert, this might be troubling, but savvy…
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MoneyWeek – 2014 Exton Park, Blanc de Noirs, 60 Above & 60 Below Prestige Pack, Hampshire, England

I published my Finest Fifty Wines of 2025 on my website on the 1st of January and, by coincidence, found myself opening a pair of wines, the very same day, which I first mentioned in 2024’s Finest Fifty collection.  2014 Exton Park Blanc de Noirs was bottled in 2015, and with seven years on its lees before being disgorged in 2022, this is an…
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MoneyWeek – 2024 Vagabond, Dios Mío Bacchus, England

In order to kick off the new year in epic form, I have found a veritable cornucopia of sensational wines for you to enjoy, along with the number one place to do so.  In early December, Vagabond opened its brand-new urban winery in Canada Water, London SE16, and I visited winemaker Jose Quintana for a sneak preview tour.  Not only is the winery itself…
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MoneyWeek – NV Graham Beck, Vintner’s Selection Rosé, Western Cape, South Africa

With this double issue covering Christmas and the New Year, and having highlighted my favourite ‘traditional method’, top-end sparkler of the season (2018 Bride Valley Reserve Brut Dorset £36.00, www.bridevalleyvineyard.com) a fortnight ago, this week’s column is dedicated to sensational quality, bargain-priced fizz.  The golden rule when…
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MoneyWeek – 2021 Malpastor, Crianza, La Carbonera, Rioja Alavesa, Spain

This is not the highest-scoring wine of the year, nor is it a multiple award winner.  It gains a solid silver medal score in my notes (17.5/20), so why does it warrant a mention in one of my most important wine columns of the year?  The reason is that the perfume and flavour, coupled with the price, make it the equivalent of the finest, smoothest,…
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MoneyWeek – 2018 Bride Valley, Reserve Brut, Dorset

The world was a very different place back in February 2020, when I wrote up the 2018 Bride Valley Chardonnay in my monthly column in the specialist English wine publication, Vineyard Magazine.  I noted this was a breakthrough ‘still’ wine from this glorious vintage for Bride Valley owners Steven and Bella Spurrier.  A year later, Steven, one of…
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MoneyWeek – Six Phenomenal Christmas Wines

This is it - the finest six wines I have found for you this Christmas! Seasons Greetings Matthew 2024 La Cabane Reserve, Grenache/Syrah, Pays d’Oc, France (£10.90, www.tanners-wines.co.uk). This was the wine that set the theme for this year’s Christmas collection.  I tasted it with James Tanner himself at a recent tasting and stopped in my…
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MoneyWeek – 2023 Morgon, La Chanaise, Maison Piron, Beaujolais, France

Dominique Piron’s ancestors have been working the land and making wine in Beaujolais since the reign of Louis XIII, and, since he joined forces with his pioneering friend Julien Revillon, his portfolio has never been so dynamic nor so delicious.  Last Thursday was Beaujolais Nouveau Day, and it was a good one by all accounts.  I recommended…
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MoneyWeek – 2023 Siepi, Castello di Fonterutoli, Mazzei, Tuscany, Italy

  If you have ever tasted and loved or been tempted to but not taken the plunge on a serious ‘Super Tuscan’ red wine, you must focus on every syllable of this review.  I am fortunate to taste all the big boys each year: Sassicaia, Masseto, Ornellaia, Tignanello and Solaia, and hosts of other seriously expensive creations which have…
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MoneyWeek – NV Diatomists, Fino Las Ánimas, Single Pago, Andalucia, Spain

I am a lifelong fan of Fino Sherry.  It is Spain’s most sophisticated wine style, and it must be said that the biggest brand of all, Tio Pepe, is a pretty good drop, all things considered.  But if you would like to know what a truly cosmic, earth-shatteringly delicious Fino tastes like, you do not have to break the bank; only be quick off the…
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