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Leading up to Christmas, I suggested chardonnays and pinot noirs that would be ideal with roast turkey. With long ago memories of my headmaster suggesting “Robinson I think that you are handling the truth rather loosely”, I have decided to give an ac...

Many of us will want to ease a cork out of a bottle of bubbly to say goodbye to this year, and you should only hear a gentle pfft sound as the stopper is gently and slowly removed. An unholy bang just releases too many of those millions of tiny bubbl...

My dictionary lists the meaning of “the final touch” as “to make something complete” and that is what I hope to do with your Christmas dinner. Last week I suggested red and white wines to go with the meal, but pudding was not addressed. There is no ...

I am going to suggest three wines for those of us (many I would suspect) who are being careful with expenses, and three for others that are not as concerned. Some are now saying that the correct pairing of food with wine is a myth, but I am rather ol...

I was thinking of calling this article “Perfect Gifts”, but what does this really mean in an age of overused words like “proprietors’ special reserve” or even “hero”? I am really going to tell you about absolute perfection and by this, I mean seven,...

For more than 2,000 years grapes have been grown in the Loire Valley of France and with almost 7,000 acres planted near the village of Sancerre, it has been the standard bearer for sauvignon blanc. Weather conditions were very unfavourable in 2021 a...

Last week, when I wrote about exceptional wines that were included in this year’s Wine Spectator’s top 100, I did also say that other wineries that we stock also made the list but not with the particular vintages that we have. The suggestion has bee...

I have been mulling over the wines that I may choose to enjoy this weekend as I will be celebrating the November day when I made the decision to be born. As I write on this Monday morning, I am cognisant that the Wine Spectator has just released the...

There is such a range of wines that can go well with a turkey dinner – a well-aged bordeaux, a barolo, a chateauneuf du pape or a beaujolais cru. In our home on American Thanksgiving we only have one option and that is wine from the United States of...

This is a story about a class of wines that did not exist until the late 1960s and, to emphasise their appeal and quality, I will share a somewhat embarrassing occasion. A reader of this column quite recently invited me to attend a wine tasting in t...