A sparkling start to Day 5 of the Landmark Tutorial with two extremely experienced winemakers: consultant Dr Tony Jordan (Domaine Chandon, Cloudy Bay, Cape Mentelle, most recently the Estates...

From €6.99, 9 Swiss francs, $10.99, Ca$13.95, £7.95, 99 Swedish krone, etc Find this wine This is a funny one. Although I am delightedly aware of some exceptional...

From $15.10, £11.95, CA$24.99 Find this wine 4 Feb - Miguel Torres Maczassek writes: 'Thank you for the article regarding the Santa Digna–Estelado, made with País grapes....

This is the first of four articles to be published over the first four Saturdays in December on my top selections in various styles of wine. The Financial Times will be publishing 25 each of...

This correspondence is self explanatory, and possibly not unusual.  Early July 2012    To Holland America Line [whose tagline is 'A Signature of Excellence' - JR]...

Among the 70,000 tasting notes on our Purple Pages are more than 1,500 on wines that carry no vintage date. In a way I'm rather ashamed of these. About half of them are about non-vintage...

I heard twice, now three times, from award-winning Cornish winemaker Bob Lindo of Camel Valley today. His first despatch was to trumpet the fact that his son Sam had just won a Double Gold, six...

About €25 Cesconi's evocatively named new metodo classico Blauwal (blue whale) from Trentino had me wondering for a moment what blue whales have to do with this mountainous region, but...

See 70 UK fizzes reviewed in England sparkles - tasting notes .  I have never felt more excited by the quality of English sparkling wine. But perhaps the best thing that could happen to...

See English fizz grows up for an overview.  Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of participating in the second annual blind tasting of English sparkling wine organised by the...

English sparkling wine really does seem to have a head of steam (carbon dioxide?) behind it at the moment, with upbeat reports on the rise of its popularity emerging on all sides. You may have...

Yesterday I described Trento - Italy's overlooked fizz . Nearly 60 tasting notes follow, listed alphabetically by producer name (not including words such as Cantina). See Jancis on a blind...

Walter's tasting notes on nearly 60 examples of these useful sparkling wines follow. And see my reviews of a number of top English sparkling wines (and some still ones) on...

See also Some fine sparklers for more recommendations. All of the first quarter of my top 100 wines really sparkle. These 25+ are listed upwards in price with selected UK...

I've been hoarding tasting notes on various fizzes tasted in the last couple of months and here they are, together with a range of champagnes and sparkling wines from UK online retailer Champagne...