The Singapour – January 2024

Cervoles vineyard at sunset

If you're looking for an antidote to the influx of tasting notes on 2022 burgundies, here are some worldly options via Singapore.

This month's miscellany includes wines from South Africa, Australia, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Spain, the US, Portugal and France. Yes, within those French notes there are some burgundies – and okay, one of them is from 2022 – but this is otherwise a hotchpotch of origins, varieties and styles to expand your wine-drinking habits.

One particular highlight was Les Garrigues Garnatxa 2021 (Catalonia's spelling of Garnacha/Grenache) from Cérvoles in the Costers del Segre region. I've enjoyed several vintages of this...