Taylor’s release a 125-year-old port
Taylor’s has dug deep into their valuable reserves of very old port to offer Taylor’s Single Harvest 1896 to a limited number of lucky, and presumably wealthy, port lovers.
Wine Spotlights
Nebbiolo nirvana
This is Nebbiolo Prima, one of the most important wine tasting events in Italy, showcasing the new releases of the region.
Tio Pepe aged and unfiltered Palma sherry
Bob Campbell MW’s love for sherry was rekindled recently when he took delivery of three bottles of Tio Pepe especially bottled for their Palma collection.
Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blanc 2009
Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2009 marks the 50th anniversary between the first and most recent Dom Ruinart vintages, but the choice was not for sentimental or ceremonial reasons.
Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2012
Founded in 1849 by Aÿ-born Pol Roger when he was just 19, it was his son Maurice who built the brand in the UK soon after Winston Churchill met Odette Pol Roger at a dinner party at the British Embassy in Paris in 1944.
Mac Forbes lower alcohol beauties
If you’re concerned about your alcohol intake but you love pinot noir and chardonnay, you need to know about Mac Forbes.
An assortment of Aussie fizz
The range of styles of sparkling wine produced in Australia is impressively diverse.
Clare versus Eden Valley riesling
If someone put two glasses of riesling in front of you, one each from the Clare and Eden valleys, would you be able to pick the difference?
Sparkling finesse from the Adelaide Hills
In 1976 Brian Croser planted his pioneering vineyard of chardonnay and pinot noir in the Piccadilly Valley of the Adelaide Hills and one of his aims was to produce high quality sparkling wine.
Hawke’s Bay 2019 chardonnay spotlight
The 2019 vintage inspired the Hawkes Bay winemakers to put a collection of 12 chardonnays together, as a kind of showcase to promote their wines to the wine writers of the wider world.