Gusbourne Pinot Noir Boot Hill Vineyard 2014, England, 11.5% (£22-23, Honest Grapes, Hennings, Buon Vino) The recent English Wine Producers tasting is an annual event that gets palpably more exciting and delicious every year. There were far too many exciting wines to be able to recommend them...
Louis Roederer Cristal Vinotèque 1995 (For release in 2017) Although there are times when a plate of food and a glass of wine go beautifully together, it’s rare that the wine actually smells identical to the food. Tasting Roederer’s yet-to-be-launched Cristal Vinotèque 1995 over dinner in Reims...
Jean Bouchard Hautes Cotes de Nuits red 2013, 12.5% (£9.99, Aldi online) The first duty of wine - whatever its colour - is to be refreshing. Gastronomic. Uplifting, if you like. Here's a red that does just that - and at a very fair, albeit not bargain...
Susie's vintage overview with recommendations...
Panto-themed culinary chaos with lashings of fine wine...
Peter for Decanter on VIGNO, Cabernet and more...
Susie & Peter launch their new season Mercure wines...
Susie recommends 25 top value sparkling wines in Decanter magazine...
Where there's smoke there's fire - and TV's Andy Clarke...
So just how good is English sparkling wine? Over to Susie...