Chenin Blanc

Free for all In this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition, Alexa Sanford writes about her love of Chenin Blanc. See the...

Wines of the week The only white wine from a master of unplugged, stunningly pure wines, and well worth seeking out. F rom £23.95...

Free for all A blind tasting of 10-year-old wines from groundbreaking producers. Pictured above is the seminal tasting in 2015 where the UK...

Tasting articles The first 'Steenwold' blind tasting took place last May in London. Above, the 2015 new-wave tasting booklets were pictured by...

Tasting articles Long famed for sweet wines, this section of the Loire Valley is forging a new identity through dry Chenin Blanc...

Tasting articles A look back – and forward – at one of Sonoma's most respected, conscientious winemakers. One of California’s most thoughtful...

Travel tips Wine writer, anthropologist and surfer Chris Howard is seduced by wines made where the Loire meets the ocean. Above, an...

Tasting articles The most extensive tasting report on California Chenin Blanc ever. Above, a cluster of Chenin Blanc from Williams Selyem’s Vista...

Tasting articles From Muscadet to Chinon to Sancerre, this Loire Valley wine tasting shows off the region’s diversity, energy and talent –...

Wines of the week A dry Chenin made by a young woman breaking all the rules on the traditional and revered Hill of Chaume...

Wines of the week Loire Chenin Blanc at its classiest, delicious now but well worth cellaring, too. From €24.80, £24, $38.95. Above, Chenin shamans...

Tasting articles The young guns are not so young any more, which means their wines are better than ever. Above, the early...

Free for all 30 March 2023 Malu Lambert’s article on the importance of inclusivity in wine language struck such a chord with readers...

Tasting articles Current developments in Chenin’s birthplace and topical profiles of Domaines François Chidaine, Huet, Vincent Carême, aux Moines and Guiberteau. Loire...

Tasting articles The downs and ups of this popular central Loire appellation. In the 1980s I was based in Paris and Saumur-Champigny...

Tasting articles Now that it’s a rich man’s plaything, has this iconic estate lost its oomph? Above, manager Jacques-Antoine Toublanc (left) and...