Chenin Blanc

29th Jul 2010

Rasputin and underwater wines

What is it about the Baltic and champagne? Last week's high profile discovery of a cache of bubbly aboard a shipwreck is not the first time fizz has been found on a Nordic sea bed. In 1998, treasure hunters recovered 3,000 bottles from a... Read more

1st Jul 2010

Eating out? Please bring a bottle

How do you spend $47,221.09 on lunch for six people? Assuming your credit card company will authorise the transaction, it's surprisingly easy if you're a billionaire. To paraphrase Withnail in the cult film, Withnail & I, you just order... Read more

14th May 2010

A cloud with a silver lining: natural wines

Walk into any wine shop and you can see the bottles that sell, placed strategically in the fridge or in attention-grabbing piles close to the till. The wall flowers are easy to spot, too: hidden away on a bottom shelf and invariably coated... Read more

10th May 2010

Wine of the week

2009 Eva's Vineyard Chenin Blanc/Pinot Grigio/Kiralyleanyka, Neszmely Region (£3.99, 12%, Waitrose). This has to be the best value white wine in the country at the moment: a spicy, aromatic Hungarian blend with lovely... Read more

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