According to Wikipedia "A popular but unconfirmed theory claims that Malbec is named after a Hungarian peasant who first spread...
Quinta da Alorna, where Portal da Aguia is made, was named...
Argentina may be best known for big, bolshy malbecs, but that's not all they do. This Shiraz is big and bold enough to ...
What ho! This wine reminds us of a joke from Jeeves and Wooster, which goes a little like this: Three chaps at Wembley, one says "Is this...
If an "inky, black, dark, fruity, intense, robust" red sounds attractive to you we think you should give this a try. Almost every review...
The 70s and 80s were unkind to Chianti. Although its popularity boomed around the world in those years, when its bubble inevitably burst (as...
The Joven style of Spanish red is an all too often overlooked and undervalued one. Let's not forget Spain is an essentially...
This is an impressively neat little bargain Chianti that's on the bodysome, flavoursome side of this classic Italian style. This slightly more buxom ...
Gil Scott-Heron said “if it ain’t broke, don’t break it”. Wise words. You people are loving Portuguese wines. We don’t want to break...
Sometimes you just want them to give it to you straight. No complications, no round-the-houses, just straight to the point. And that's....
Tucked away in the mountains of Spain's wild North West, hard up against the topmost corner of Portugal, Monterrei is one of Iberia's...
A really affordable and enjoyable example of how well Spain does Cabernet. This impossible-to-dislike red showcases the much loved...
With its label's 'poulet-au-paisley' motif rightly predicting the sort of conspicuous and colourful happenings about to hit your palate via this ...
The Portal da Águia winery’s name translates to “Eagle’s Gate”. Although these mighty birds of prey deserve the accolades for their work...
In keeping with the cultural terminology as memorably described by Jules and Vincent in Pulp Fiction, if the French do a take on a foreign product, all they do is stick “Le” in front of it, as in “Le Big Mac”. ...
We love the Greeks. They’re rebellious, they’re warm-hearted and, more pertinently, they’ve been making wine there for 6,500 years...
Shiraz is the sixth most populous city in Iran. Team Oddbins are a little unsure how the lovely people at Berton Vineyards in Australia managed...
Quinta das Setencostas is the big brother of our astronomically popular Quinta de Bons Ventos and bears a keen family resemblance...
The Pearlstone Pinotage was named after the enormous granite Paarl Rock, which apparently looks like a pearl. Although we...
If the world of wine were Hundred Acre Wood… the omnipotent Robert Parker would be Christopher Robin, the exuberant Olly Smith - Tigger...
Quite possibly the smoothest Rhône valley red in the range at this price point, and a frequent bestseller, this is a real gem from the very...
This wine has some surprising parallels with the original Beat author, Jack Kerouac. Like Jack – or Jean-Louis as he was...
Well-coloured with relatively high acidity, this is a vivacious Beaujolais abundent with notes of freshly picked berries and traditional boiled...
The word "robust" has come in for so much overuse lately, that it may as well not mean anything at all. "Robust new measures to counter ...
Some people, like Hobbits, like their homeland and see no reason to up sticks to pastures new ...
