This wine is made for us by Bodega Muriel which is a relatively new cellar, founded in 1986 when Julian Murua took over his parents business in the town of Elciego in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa. The majority of the vineyards lie close by the rive...
Easygoing yet satisfyingly complex, this lovely wine, with its aromas of raspberries and cherry-stone elegance, is at its best with roast duck or soft cheeses. Based in Lantignie near the 'cru' village of Regnié, the Joubert family ope...
'Fleur Bleue' is a term the French use for charmingly unworldly people like Amélie Poulain or Monsieur Hulot. Given that this stylish Pinot Noir was made by efficient top Languedoc cellar Domaine de Cousserges, an ancient royal estate ...
Media mogul John Hegarty (remember 'Flat Eric' and 'Vorsprung Durch Technik'?) has sunk his cash into an amphitheatre of vines near Carcassonne facing the Montagne Noire, exploiting them in a green, state-of-the-art way. Burgundian Go...
The vineyards of Corte d'Aibo lie at the heart of the beautiful Monteveglio Abbey regional park, a short hike from Bologna. Advocate of 'doing your own thing', Antonio Capelli produces wines organically because he lives amid his vines: &q...
Bruno Fina spent the 1990's running Sicily's experimental cellar at Alcamo, applying radical techniques to Sicilian varieties in pursuit of their true vocation. He advised growers making plantings - so he knows where the best grapes are, and ...
This wine is made for us by Bodega Muriel which is a relatively new cellar, founded in 1986 when Julian Murua took over his parents business in the town of Elciego in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa. The majority of the vineyards lie close by the rive...
The Great Zorbel. Youthful Traslepuy proprietor Frédéric Z. has the attention-grabbing skills of a circus ringmaster. Hearing we were in the southern Rhône he waylaid us with an invitation to taste and we're glad he did. In 20...