Nice name, nice label. So far so good, both cool but not cheesy or cute. A screw top, always a plus on wines designed for drinking early, particularly those that might want to go on a picnic in better weather. This Australian Chardonnay is pale...

We had a bottle of Ironstone Vieyards Californian Zinfandel. It had been bought from Meijers in Detroit in 2001, when terrorism was a European problem and the world had banks that people didn't worry about. It had rested quietly in a basement that had...

Some wines taste great with a delicious seafood risotto. Some wines are better suited to being in the risotto. It's not worth paying £9-11 for the latter.

I sometimes can't help myself from buying wines based on their names. It may not be big, it may not be clever, but if I'm visiting Steve and see a wine called Steve's Ridge, I'll buy it. I chose Greedy Sheep as the perfect wine to go with Agricola, one...

We had a mini celebration this week, which required a mini-celebration wine. I was despatched to root around and find the perfect wine. I don't do well under that kind of pressure. It wasn't aa fizzy situation, but I had no red/white bias to guide me....