Loire

Tasting articles While some parts of the Loire were ravaged by frost and hail in 2017, Vouvray didn't fare too badly. Yields...

Wines of the week From $14.99, £13.50, 2,073 Japanese yen Find this wine I fully realise that less than a month ago, my wine...

Wines of the week From €10.50, $16.99, £14.95 Find this wine Despite being the first French white wine to be given AOC status, Quincy...

Tasting articles Last Friday was apparently International Sauvignon Blanc Day. Please forgive our rather tardy contribution to the celebrations. If you missed...

Tasting articles The Loire Valley makes the quintessential springtime wine. So, on the day after the clocks have gone forward to signal...

Free for all Recently retired specialist Loire broker Charles Sydney (pictured here with his wife and colleague Philippa) reports on his experiences of...

Wines of the week From €16, £21.60, $24.65, 199 Danish krone Find this wine Can't afford 2016 red burgundy? Disillusioned with cru classé bordeaux...

Free for all Chris Hardy of Charles Sydney Wines sends this encouraging interim report on the Loire 2017 vintage. He was unable to...

Tasting articles That Russian sommeliers are fond of drinking shouldn't be a shock, but I was still surprised to see them gustily...

Wines of the week From €8.90, £9.99 Find this wine I don’t know about you but I have a very clear vision of my...

Tasting articles In the invitation to this tasting, the first ever held in London by the Union des Gens de Métier, the...

Tasting articles The 2016 vintage in the Loire was both blessed and cursed. Blessed by superb quality fruit, but cursed by frost...

Wines of the week From €8.30, 1,800 Japanese yen, 93 Danish krone, £11, 17 Swiss francs, AU$34.95 Find the Bonnet-Huteau Les Gautronnières 2015 Find...

Wines of the week From €17.80, $25.75, 2,034 yen, 189.95 Danish krone, £22.75, 269 Norweigan krone, CA$49.90, AU$56 Find the Brut 2010 Find the...

Free for all A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See my full tasting notes on the wines mentioned...

Tasting articles Purple Pager Thomas De Waen is a massive wine enthusiast, and a particularly proactive one. I searched for 'Waen' in...