New and Noteworthy – The Real Review

Grenache and friends

My recent tasting of 100 grenache and blends, together with fringe Italian and Spanish varieties, yielded a stack of lovely drinking wines.

Crown Range releases impress

Crown Range Cellars is a new company that, in their words, aim “… to create exceptional, premium wines (and foods) unfettered by the limitations of land ownership.

Value for money from Aldi

For the drinker on a strict budget who cares about quality, the Aldi offering is presently unequalled.

Villa releases aged reds

Villa Maria has just released, or re-released, three Reserve reds under their ‘Library Release’ brand.

A parade of pinot noir

Pinot noir continues to delight, in all its myriad shades.

Clearview reds impress

Four recent releases confirmed my view that Clearview also makes very stylish reds.

England in sparkling form

England is emerging as a fine wine country, thanks in part to global warming, partly to the interest of the market, and partly to increasing expertise.