Red Wine

Château Ramafort 2010, from one of the greatest vintages of modern times, was my claret find of 2019 and is a great bargain.This >

Our new declassified Saint-Émilion 2017 is from one of the top Premier Grand Cru Classé properties of Saint-Émilion which >

Pergolaia is a parcel of a deliciously intense Tuscan blend of local Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc and Merlot with 12 years >

Domaine de Saint-Guirons is a small vineyard in the heart of  Pauillac owned and run by Xavier Borie’s famous ‘5eme >

Brand new to our range, Cal Pla is a very smart and stylish barrel-aged Spanish red bursting with flavour, but also with >

This Gran Reserva is from a small family vineyard in the hills above the river Ebro, the border between Roman Spain and >

Serenity is Kevin Grant’s special red blend made predominantly with Shiraz, and aged in French oak for around 18 months. >

Drinking Barolo, Italy's greatest red wine, used to be the preserve of a few very patient and well heeled cognoscenti the >

"Finally, the 1997 Chateau Musar, of which little remains. It’s showing well for its age but needs drinking up. Relish its >

The late and great Serge Hochar was a remarkable pioneer planting the first vineyards in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. I >

My personal lockdown treat - Château Berliquet 2002 from Saint-Émilion. This is a very fine claret at its peak right >

Really good and affordable Claret from the great 2010 vintage has all but disappeared from the market. Château Les >

Château Moulin Eyquem 2016 is one of the best affordable young Clarets I have tasted in a long time. Owned and run by Theodore >

Château Trillol is one of the stars of Corbières, the Languedoc's most prestigious appellation. The vineyards are owned >

“It’s remarkably, delightfully complex and rewards a swift double-decant from bottle to jug and back to bottle. It’s still >

One of the best New Zealand pinot noirs on the market and my pinot noir bargain of the year.

Tasting note: Reaching peak >

The new 2016 vintage of our Côtes du Rhône village Signargues Clos de Alzan has just arrived. It is an exceptional 'Villages' >

2017 is another very good southern Rhône vintage and this Cairanne is a perfect example from the top Côtes du Rhône Villages >

It is today annoyingly quite difficult to get a bottle of good red Burgundy under £30. This house Burgundy, always served >

The Cuvée Trois Soeurs named after Mireille and Marc Besnardeau's three daughters is a delicious predominantly grenache >

A fabulous blend of shiraz and pinotage from the Sumaridge vineyards in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, close to Hermanus that >

Viennese friends introduced me a decade ago to the great Estoras vineyards owned by the prince Esterházy. Haydn was the >

I have just tasted Hochar 17, a fantastic red from Chateau Musar, named in honour of the late and great Serge Hochar whom >

Costières de Nîmes, south west of Châteauneuf-du-Pape can produce wonderful wines at a fraction of the price of its northern >