The town of Andosilla, at Rioja's northern edge, has prospered by its proximity to vineyards set among the fertile plains of the rivers Ebro and Ega in the beautiful valley of Baztan. Bodegas Bagordi was born of the enthusiasm of several local gr...
A vast treasure of previously neglected vineyards has been revived (principally with the help of yours and my money via the EU) in northern Spain. This was an old co-operative cellars that is now in private hands and much work has been done on cleani...
Made in the village of Givry which was the preferred wine of Henry IV, maybe because this town in southern Burgundy's Côte Châlonnaise (a low ridge running from Beaune, recently granted its own appellation) was the birthplace of his m...
Reach for this if you're cooking up something spicy. Well-made Grenache has a vibrant, peppery edge and you won't find one better built than Tim Gramp's. Heir to a winemaking dynasty dating back to 1847 (his forebears planted the first Ba...
Appetising aromas of Provençal herbs (bay leaves; thyme); generous black cherry and raspberry flavours. Mas de Gourgonnier is a star of Les Baux de Provence, a sleepy little appellation south of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. At their 100% certifi...
The Scotto family hail from the island of Ischia in the bay of Naples. The first Scotto in the US, Domonic, worked as a caulker in the shipyards and made wine at home. The wine making tradition has been passed down the generations to his grandson Ant...
Perfect with game. Guy Sarrazin's house, in southern Burgundy's Jambles, is hard to miss. It's pink - a beacon to wandering Suffolk wine merchants. We homed in 10 years ago, 300 years after the Sarrazins set up shop in verdant hillsides s...
Historic Stellenbosch estate Ruste en Vrede, founded in 1694 (and home to some grandiose Dutch-style architecture), was the first in the Cape to focus on red wine production. The Engelbrecht family chose the name Guardian Peak (highest in the Stellen...
Carignan's young vine 'second wine' is excellent, with full black fruit flavours and a hint of burnt orange peel. A wine for roasts. The misdeeds of the estate's founder, Jean Poton de Xaintrailles (comrade in arms of Joan of Arc and ...