Below are notes on some top-quality wines that are actually ready to drink, and available to British wine lovers by the single bottle – admittedly provided another 11 are bought....

Here, in some haste but in obedient response to this request on the forum, are the notes I managed to take at London wine merchant Goedhuis’s recent wallow in top quality burgundy. Allen...

While their bigger and more downmarket rivals offer increasingly cut-throat deals on wine (three bottles for £10 or even £9) to lure customers into their stores to buy food etc, Waitrose has...

The notes below were taken last week at wine merchants Roberson on Kensington High Street, where a line-up of eight vintages of Château Lynch Bages alongside two of Averous and one of Blanc were...

Those who watched the video interview with the new owner of Oddbins will know that a new broom has been swept very firmly though the wine range here - especially the French range.   This...

Just as the Australian wine industry battles to demonstrate that it can do more than churn out inexpensive, technically perfect, fast-fade Shiraz and Chardonnay from its rapidly dessicating...

First an apology to the many visitors here who do not live in the UK and are therefore not within reach of a branch of our most famous retailer (especially of underwear - hence the image, not...

Two sizeable verticals, one of St-Julien second-growth Ch Léoville Poyferré and one of its sister property Ch Le Crock in St-Estèphe, were tasted in Bordeaux last March with Didier Cuvelier...

Following in the wake of Howard Ripley and Café Anglais, whose forthcoming London wine dinners we announced here last week, Berry Bros and Bordeaux Index are also organising some high-flown...

2006 A coolish summer was followed by an Indian summer punctuated by two bouts of rain but the grapes were healthy enough to withstand them. Promising. 2005 Reduced crop of decent...

2007 Very wet spring but the region had a much drier summer than most of the rest of France. Wines and tannins are very ripe. 2006 Some very lusciously fruited wines that may not...

2007 A dank summer led to rotten Pinot Noir grapes and the need for extremely strict selection. The vintage is unlikely to notch up record scores. 2006 Poor summer with vine health...

2007 Complicated year requiring great precision with both picking schedules and selection. The top properties succeeded yet again. 2006 Not that much botrytis influence....

2007 The season’s low temperatures benefited these dry whites, as in 2006. With white winemaking improving each year, dry whites were Bordeaux’s real triumph in 2007. 2006 The...

2007 An extremely difficult year for growers, with rampant mildew, not enough sun, too much rain until September. Thanks to an arsenal of modern techniques, not least rigorous selection, those...