Finca Las Moras Malbec

Apparently this is the produce of a large wine estate in Argentina. I read up about the Finca Las Moras estate in San Juan and about the Malbec grape variety and I still struggled for something to say to you about this wine. It was adequate. I was not embarrassed to have it at the …

Barossa Ink Shiraz

I have been postponing my review of this wine, and I don't know why because I enjoyed it so much. Three of us shared a bottle and we all enjoyed it. Lots of rich fruit, something deliciously dark pulling it back from being too sweet. When we first opened the bottle I could not get …

Domaine Viret Energie

I was slightly perplexed by my first glass of this wine. I was sure I was tasting too much cork at first. My second glass was more enjoyable, but there is no mistaking that there is a certain mystique within this bottle. I read that Philippe Viret normally produces two types of Energie wine but …

Forte Alto Pinot Grigio

If you had not noticed by now, I am a little fussy when it comes to white wine. I drink white wine in the summer, when it is hot, and I like it crisp and dry and with citrus notes. I am never quite sure what to make of a sweet syrupy white wine. So...this …

Champteloup Sauvignon Blanc Touraine

Why did I love this wine? ...and oh I did love it!!... As soon as we twisted off it's screw cap a gush of lemon drizzle erupted from the bottle. In fact the lemon freshness made it scintillating for a summer wine. It was not too sweet, a grassy mineral element reigned in the lemon …

Echo Falls White Zinfandel

I sometimes mention that although I prefer red wine, I make the switch to white or rose wine throughout the summer months. However, I personally prefer crisp and fresh to sweet and syrupy. So when I tried a glass of Echo Falls White Zinfandel I was overwhelmed by the sugary rush I felt. Make no …

Boschendal Sauvignon Blanc

I am always pleased when my nephew goes to the local Tesco grocery store and brings back some flowers or a bottle of wine as a way of saying thank you for the domestic services he is provided with while living under our roof. Wills has recently gone back to his parent's home to spend …

Freixenet Italian Rosé

By the end of summer, I begin to feel sick of pink! We have a lot of white and rosé wine in the summer months. Guests will always bring a bottle with them. This year, a lot of our guests bought us exactly the same tipple...and I suspect it was because of the very pretty …

Antonio Camillo Vermentino

I picked this bottle of white wine up on a recent jaunt to our new supermarket Prezzemole & Vitale, which sells Sicilian and Italian produce. Let me say first of all how thrilled we are to have this wonderful store full of beautiful produce on our doorstep! As I was scanning the wine on display …

Raso De La Cruz Blanco

After a longer winter of red wines and cream liqueurs it is always exciting to welcome on summer weather with a bottle of white. But what do we want from a white wine at the start of the hot weather? How about crisp, fresh, citrus zing, sparkling....we found all this and more in this humble …