To accompany my recent  Provençal vision of the future  article, here follows a collection of tasting notes on that region's major output, rosé. The most notable wine, however, is...

Rural Provence has a certain timelessness: the fields of lavender, crumbling villages and rolling vineyards are an echo of a France frozen from a distant generation. Encountering the cutting edge...

Rosé is fast becoming a colour of choice no matter the month, apparently defying its traditional summertime association, but it didn't seem the sunniest prospect at a generic Provence tasting on...

23 Sep 2009 update - it would appear that a Côtes de Provence rosé was left out of this line-up, and after tasting it I felt that it really did deserve to be mentioned. Having not tasted...

Despite the early morning sunshine, my wife [that's me, probably fretting over this website - JR] was initially reluctant to accompany me on a brief pre-breakfast walk along the medieval ramparts...

In a nutshell: Dry rosés, firm, spicy reds and dry, gently aromatic whites. Main grapes: Grenache, Cinsaut, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon (red); Rolle or Vermentino...

Fine wine merchant Robert Rolls has entered into the spirit of Wine Relief in a particularly clever and intriguing way, by instituting the Wine Investment Challenge. He presents a list of fine...

John Hicks of Maurice Carrie Winery and Van Roekel Vineyards contacted me the other day to ask why I had included his region, Temecula in southern California, in the list of five world wine...

This small selection of tasting notes on particularly fine rosés from two of Provence's top estates, d'Esclans owned by Sacha Lichine and Léoube by Sir Anthony and Lady Bamford of JCB and...

From €10, $17 Find this wine   Since we’re in a mood for Provence today (see The best rosé in the world? ), how about a wine with a Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie connection?...

Find Esclans wines I said in the introduction to Tam Currin's recent review of Provençal rosés that the best pink wine to have come my way had been from Ch d'Esclans, the estate set up...

Charles Lea of London wine merchants Lea & Sandeman sends these dramatic pictures of the effects of a catastrophic hailstorm last weekend in the Côtes de Provence vineyards of Domaine...

If you're interested enough in wine to be visiting this site, let me encourage you to widen your horizons to wines that are neither dry white not dry red - if you're not already in the habit...