In the mid-1990s, Philippe du Roy of Châteauneuf's famed Domaine de Villeneuve joined forces with consultant Philippe Cambie, seeking to produce 'authentic' (rather than flashy, souped-up and overblown) southern Rhône wines th...
Want to get your elderly relatives singing over Sunday lunch? This super-ripe Cabernet-Merlot, with it's cassis-rich plum and blackcurrant fruit flavours ought to do the trick. Pour liberally, in the company of a lamb roast. Juniper Estate sits n...
Want to get your elderly relatives singing over Sunday lunch? This super-ripe Cabernet-Merlot, with it's cassis-rich plum and blackcurrant fruit flavours ought to do the trick. Pour liberally, in the company of a lamb roast. Juniper Estate sits n...
Red meat wine, with grip and power: big, dense baked fruit flavours, pepper and spice. Burgundian gold medal winemaker Samuel Berger had a baptism of fire in his first vintage at advertising mogul John Hegarty's Carcassonne estate, a state-of-the...
Expertly-made Bordeaux, ripe and violet-scented. Soft tannins balance intense, yet refined, fruit. Doughty Christine Courrian of the Médoc's Château Chantelys is dedicated to quality and observing tradition. She uses no unnecessary i...
A classic Reserva made only from grapes grown in Faustinp's vineyards. Intense aromas and flavours combine effortlessly with acidity and tannins, softened and married by al least 17 months in American oak and two years in the bottle. This well-...
Soft, supple and succulent, with very ripe plummy fruit, a wine to reach for if you're tucking into rare roast beef. Outwardly imposing, the château at the heart of this estimable family-run estate remains firmly shuttered. Madame Colette D...