If You Like Pinot Noir You Should Try…

December 21, 2011
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Do you enjoy drinking a light, smooth red wine? Do you find it easier to quaff than a big, powerful New World red wine or a classic claret, and still consider it to be full of flavour? If the answer is yes, then the chances are you enjoy a glass of Pinot Noir every now [...]

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Graham’s 2003 Vintage Port

December 19, 2011
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It’s getting to be that time of year, time to pull out the Port. Once the weather starts to turn cool it’s always a good idea to start pouring that fortified Portuguese red wine to ward off the cold. Although there are so many choices for Christmas Day pudding. Graham’s Port was founded in 1820 [...]

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All About Port

December 16, 2011
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There’s something about Christmas that brings the port onto the table. It could be the classic port and stilton combination or maybe it’s the air of celebration. Whatever the reason, sales of port soar in the approach to Christmas and many people who would normally never touch this fortified red wine find themselves happily quaffing [...]

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Red Wines For a Festive Cheeseboard

December 14, 2011
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Christmas is a time for feasting and one essential element of this seasonal over indulgence is the festive cheeseboard. A cheeseboard stacked with chunks of three or four different cheeses accompanied by a bunch of plump grapes and a few sticks of crunchy celery is usually a mouth watering sight to behold. However, putting together [...]

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Some Young Punks Naked on Roller Skates 2010 Shiraz–Mataro

December 12, 2011
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There’s a whole string of intrigue and mystery attached to this excellent Shiraz-heavy blend from Australia’s Some Young Punks. The pulp fiction label will split serious wine buyers down the middle, of course; and those that are most serious about wine might perhaps be put off. I’d hope not, though, as the contents of their [...]

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Domaine de la Garenne – Bandol Wine

December 8, 2011
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Bandol is not such a well known wine appellation but they do produce some cracking wines which are perfect for mealtime drinking. I was recently introduced to online French wine  specialist retailer Pierre Hourlier Wines. A small wine importer who source wines from smaller producers, they are constantly on the lookout for excellent quality and [...]

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If You Like Merlot You Should Try…

December 5, 2011
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Merlot is arguably the most fashionable red wine grape currently. Its soft and fruity characteristics make it easy to drink and yet it has enough complexity to satisfy the discerning drinker. If you are not a fan of big, heavyweight red wines then Merlot and other medium-bodied reds could be for you. With the health [...]

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Il Merlonero Quotidiano 2010 – Everyday Italian

December 1, 2011
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Oddbins has been resurrected. The late and much lamented high street chain of wine shops began as a shop full of quirky, interesting, good and best of all good value wines. Oddbins was the place to go if you were an adventurous wine drinker. Sadly, over the years, mismanagement and the inability to keep up [...]

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Bosch Ixo Vino – a Novel Way to Open Your Wine

November 29, 2011
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A few years ago I took my then-new girlfriend to my mother’s vacant thatched cottage in the countryside for what I hoped might turn out to be of those “dirty weekends” you read about so often in your newspapers. You know: the sort celebrities have and then sue people for finding out about. As every [...]

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Alpha Estate Hedgehog Vineyard Xinomavro 2007

November 21, 2011
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This is a new one on me. Xinomavro is a Greek grape and this is grown in the hedgehog-friendly surrounds of a vineyard in Alpha Estate in Amyndeon in the formerly Macedonian (and in no way Yugoslavic) area of northern Greece. Confession time: I’ve always studiously avoided Greek wine because I was pretty confident it [...]

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This Year’s Red Wine Trophy Winners

November 14, 2011
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When you hear that a certain red wine is a medal winner does it make you more inclined to try it? If you see a medal highlighted on the label on a bottle of red wine are you more inclined to pick it off the supermarket or off licence shelf? There are so many regional, [...]

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