The following selection of notes are the highlights of the Christmas list of the Wine Society, the British institution that is a mail order wine retailer owned by its members. It’s a condensed representation of their entire range – the highlights (and in two particular cases, lowlights) of a diverse and in some cases unique portfolio. Their less expensive wines – especially that Chilean Syrah – are looking particularly good value compared to a lot of high street competition at similar prices, and there’s no artificial price inflation or multi-buy offers to confuse value either.
SPARKLING
Reichsrat von Bühl, Spätburgunder...
Some Wine Society gems
Wednesday 22 October 2008
Become a member to continue reading
Member
$135
/year
Ideal for wine enthusiasts
- Access 288,016 wine reviews & 15,863 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
Inner Circle
$249
/year
Ideal for collectors
- Access 288,016 wine reviews & 15,863 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
Professional
$299
/year
For individual wine professionals
- Access 288,016 wine reviews & 15,863 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
- Commercial use of up to 25 wine reviews & scores for marketing
Business
$399
/year
For companies in the wine trade
- Access 288,016 wine reviews & 15,863 articles
- Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
- Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
- Commercial use of up to 250 wine reviews & scores for marketing
More Tasting articles
Tasting articles
Part 2 of Walter’s in-depth look at the new generation of producers reviving Marsala’s reputation. Above, Nino Barraco, one of...
Tasting articles
Wines from this extraordinary Portuguese island in the middle of the Atlantic, varying from five to 155 years old. The...
Tasting articles
Once a bit player, Pinot Meunier is increasingly taking a starring role in English wines. Above, a Pinot Meunier vine...
Tasting articles
Quite a vertical! In London in November 2025, presented by Opus’s long-standing winemaker.
Opus One is the wine world’s seminal...
More from JancisRobinson.com
Inside information
Turning tides have brought wine back to the edges of north-west France, says Paris-based journalist Chris Howard. This is part...
Inside information
Perpetuo, Ambrato, Altogrado – these ancient styles offer Marsala a way to reclaim its identity as one of Sicily’s vinous...
Free for all
Everything we’ve published on this challenging vintage. Find all our published wine reviews here. Above, the town of Meursault in...
Nick on restaurants
Three more reasons to head to this charming city in southern Spain.
As we left Confitería La Campana, which first...
Wine news in 5
Plus, Telmont becomes Champagne’s first Regenerative Organic Certified producer, Argentina repeals wine regulations and the EU rules on de-alcoholised wine...
Free for all
But how long will Madeira, one of the great fortified wines, survive tourist development on this extraordinary Atlantic island? A...
Wines of the week
A perfectly ordinary extraordinary wine. From €19.60, £28.33, $19.99 (direct from the US importer, K&L Wines).
A few months ago...
Free for all
Information about UK merchants offering 2024 burgundy en primeur. Above, a pair of ‘brouettes’ for burning prunings, seen in the...