Category: Delicious

'Created and planted widely in South Africa, this grape produces wines of unusual character.'

'If you’re looking for some good wine values under $15 a bottle, you’ve come to the right place.'

'Besides being line-priced at $12, they are a good week night wine, easy to enjoy, easy to understand, and easy to find.'

'Edward Deitch reviews three top bottles that capture the taste of spring'

'I cannot think of a single wine writer who has managed the sort of hermit-like existence that would be required of them if they were to ensure that they had no real human contact with anyone in the wine trade.'

'Are wines better if they are produced in an Earth-friendly manner?'

'Long considered just for blending, the grape is getting new life in bold wines by American vintners'

'Does saying the words “cheap” and “wine” in the same sentence bring to mind the weird uncle who lives in your grandma’s basement?'

'The reason to pay attention is that right now, Slovenia is home to an extraordinarily innovative winemaking community, with dozens of producers making wines that occupy a compelling stylistic border zone between northern Italy and Austria.'

'Wherever excellence is placed before profit, organic and biodynamic techniques seem poised to become the methods of choice in vineyards and wineries.'

'What good Bordeaux offers is not dubious sex, but deep and intriguing flavours that enhance young red meat.'

'The nose on this crimson wine has aromas of red fruit, black pepper and wood.'

'I don’t care if you’re on the subway, at your kitchen table, sitting at your computer or reading on your BlackBerry in a crowded commuter train. Just say “Sancerre” quietly and you’ll get an initial sense of the built-in appeal of this white wine from the Loire Valley.'

Many of the vineyards are quite young, and a lot of winemakers are still experimenting to coax maximum expression from their grapes.

'As soon as I took my first whiff, I knew I was in for something special.'

'What if I told you that you could still pick up one of the world's greatest and most aristocratic wines for a song?'

'I recently had a long weekend in Germany, mainly to visit friends and go to dinner at the legendary 3* Michelin Hotel Sonnora in Wittlich on the Rhine (which was absolutely superb). But whilst there I also took the opportunity to explore one of the quieter, less famous, but most intriguing wine regions on a tributary of the Rhine, the Ahr Valley.'

'I can picture myself enjoying this wine during many future summer sunsets.'