Jacky Marteau's 'Domaine de la Bergerie' occupies some of Touraine's most enviable sites: south-facing, pebble-and-flint slopes beside the River Cher. Quality is paramount: low yields are encouraged by growing grass between vine rows,...
If you've a platter of fresh bivalves in your sights, and nothing in the way of wine to slurp them down with, Serge Saupin's your man. His property in Nantes (the Atlantic end of the Loire), is home to our top Muscadet, oyster beverage nonpar...
The Irsai Oliver grape is a relatively new creation and is a relation of the Muscat grape. Hilltop is a substantial producer that exports millions of bottles to the UK. Most interestingly it is very close to becoming an organic producer, unusual for ...
This grape variety of Transylvanian origin produces a light greenish-yellow wine with brilliant reflections. Hilltop is a substantial producer that exports millions of bottles to the UK. Most interestingly it is very close to becoming an organic prod...
Fresh, fragrant white Rhône style with soft peach and apricot flavours and a crisp finish. Ideal with firm-fleshed fish. This enticing wine was made at the Saurel family's Mistral-swept Provençal domaine, named after Eole, ancient go...
Domaine du Bosc's unique volcanic soils were formed one million years ago off the Med coast (near what's now Adge), when a geyser spurted ash and lava 1km into the air. The Phoenicians and Romans made wine here; Pierre Bésinet (whose a...
This unique, indigenous Hungarian grape variety, a crossing of Irsai Olivér and Gewürztraminer, blends the qualities of both grapes. Hilltop is a substantial producer that exports millions of bottles to the UK. Most interestingly it is ve...
Bodegas Antano, a modern, well equipped winery in Rueda, source grapes from within and outside the DO and bring to bear their admirably stringent standards of viticulture and winemaking to create this simple and appealingly fruity wine.
Classic Alsace variety deployed to good effect. Hilltop is a substantial producer that exports millions of bottles to the UK. Most interestingly it is very close to becoming an organic producer, unusual for an estate of this size.