Wine writer at wine-pages.com. Fabulous Zoom tastings at online-tastings.co.uk, make music at restrictedcode.com
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Jun 9
My Wine of the Month is a 'natural' Chenin Blanc wine from the Loire, the Terra Vita Vinum, Savennières 'Bigottière' 2020: wine-pages.com/tasting-notes…
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May 20
My Wine of the Week from stalwart of Stellenbosch 'Bordeaux blends', but does it still deliver after the departure of long-time winemaker and icon, Andre Van Rensberg? youtu.be/7_RWVu_uNM8?si=uBRo…
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Apr 29
It's delicious, it's orange, and it has an orang-utan on the label. What more could you ask from a wine? :) My Wine of the Week from Sicily: youtu.be/7EhzcJP3hCw?si=O1eL…
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Apr 27
Today is cut-off day if you want wines delivered in time for my next online tasting, beginning Thursday: online-tastings.co.uk/cape-o…
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Apr 20
From the Maremma region of Tuscany's coast, two Vermentino wines, in an interesting experiment in ageing these wines, normally thought of as fresh, early drinking whites: wine-pages.com/tasting-artic…
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Apr 13
6% Merlot Cabernet, a Bordeaux a 'wine' where half of the alcohol has been removed to lower both alcohol and calories, but is it worth its £15.99 price tag? youtu.be/R0fCJGA7U_M?si=Rt7J…
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Mar 18
Cape Wines Heading East: wine-pages.com/tasting-artic…. Vineyards and wineries are spreading out from their traditional Winelands in South Africa, following the coast along the Garden Route to Plettenberg Bay on the edge of the Eastern Cape. 15 wines tasted from 5 estates.
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Mar 12
Nyetimber: 1086 and All That: tasting the latest releases of Nyetimber's prestige cuvée, plus a look back at previous vintages: wine-pages.com/tasting-artic…
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Jan 7
25 people have already nominated their best wines of 2025. Read their entries and note that Friday 9th January is closing date - submit your entry using the form in article to be included: wine-pages.com/features/visi…
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Jan 5
My first Wine of the Week of 2026 is a crisp and delicious white. Where's it from? The surprising answer perhaps is Crouch End in Essex. youtu.be/F8L_z-xoC9w?si=km_Q…
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23 Dec 2025
We'd far rather you bought the vinyl or CD (from @LNFGlasgow ) but our album is available to stream including open.spotify.com/album/2n8nK…... . See why it reached #13 in the official indie chart and #34 in the official album charts. Hope you enjoy it!
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22 Dec 2025
Announcing my Wines of the Year. Each year I pick one wine in each of 10 categories, as my Wine of the Year. But I am looking for your awards too - see the official submission form in my WOTY feature.: wine-pages.com/features/wine…
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16 Dec 2025
Published today: my festive wine recommendations white, red, sparkling and sweet, in three price bands: under £12, £12 - £25, and over £25: wine-pages.com/tasting-artic…
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10 Dec 2025
Tasting Chateau Musar's current white, pink and red releases, plus a timely look at the 1999 vintage red: wine-pages.com/tasting-artic…
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1 Dec 2025
Wine of the Week: Les Dauphins, Côtes du Rhône Blanc 2024. Good quality from a very good Rhône co-op at under a tenner youtu.be/WE-ymaoXLds?si=8YA8…
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Tom Cannavan retweeted
28 Nov 2025
Today's the day! Album released and the first print review in the Scotsman newspaper. So chuffed with a 4 star review. Hear the album live at Sneaky Pete's on Saturday 6th December.
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26 Nov 2025
From the Pyrenees in southwest France, Jurançon makes wonderful white wines that are not well enough known. Here's an example as my Wine of the Week. youtu.be/5k8F_uLSwys?si=MNjy… Available at @laithwaites
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