We all know that the popular size for “Monday to Thursday night wines” (translate as inexpensive) is a magnum, and this is mostly based on economics.
For instance, Barefoot Pinot Grigio magnums are $...
As undisputed champions (in the opinion of one house anyway) of the neighbourhood Good Friday fishcake throw-down, I am thinking of the perfect wine to accompany such fare along with kite flying.
The ...
Many, many years ago I was involved with a small company that no longer exists and these were the days when wine lists here did not carry a single wine from either of the Americas.
Despite this, Berm...
On January 30 I wrote about a new category of red wines that are blends of various grapes with just a touch of residual sugar left over from fermentation. I said that one came in and sold right out, b...
Before we get into the appropriately named Carnival of Love, let me elaborate on the Mollydooker Shake.
Virtually all wines contain small amounts of sulphite to preserve and protect them, as do many ...
For a few months now, sitting under my desk, I have had a three litre (double magnum) of Chateau D’Esclans “Garrus” rosé from Sacha Lichine in Provence. I have just moved it to a safer spot after read...
I meet some people who just stay with white wines and most of them attribute this to a dislike of tannins which they perceive to be astringent or maybe too “dry”.
There is a whole new category of red...
James Suckling is a contributing editor to Wine Spectator and he also has his own www.jamessuckling.com site that reviews wines. He rates a Pinot Noir that we have just imported for the first time, 94...
On Monday the Wine Spectator magazine released their list of the “Top 100 Wines in the World” for 2014. These were selected from over 18,000 blind tasted during the year and it is based on a combinati...
A few years ago I was chatting with an associate involved with the international wine trade and I explained that I was interested in the potential of Argentina. He suggested that I contact Achaval Fe...
