Busi-Jacobsohn Classic Cuvée Brut 2017, Eridge, England, 12% (£38, Busi-Jacobsohn.com) Let's be honest, some sparkling wine (including champagne) can be dull. Boring. It's fine, it's classic, it's more or less what you expect but it just...
Bollinger La Grande Année 2012, 12%, Champagne, France (£440 for 6 in bond, J&B) Watch out champagne lovers: 2012 is not a vintage to miss. And Bollinger’s La Grand Année (LGA) 2012 is a wine to buy, even if you have to beg, borrow or steal. It’s that...
Sidewood Isabella rosé 2014, Adelaide Hills, Australia (£21 or AUS$32, www.sidewood.com.au) Owen Inglis’s Sidewood Estate in Australia’s Adelaide Hills is a new discovery for us. Although the estate produces both still wines and ciders, it was the current releases of Sidewood’s sparkling wines that we were recently sent...
This fascinating tasting, which featured in the September 2019 edition of Decanter, took the temperature of Blanc de blancs sparkling wines from around the world. And would you believe it but top of the tree emerged...
I had a fascinating trip to Australia at the end of 2018, in particular looking at the cooler climate regions like Western Australia, Yarra, Mornington and Tasmania. Australia has never made finer wines in a more diverse range of styles than now. It's a hugely exciting...
Peter helps rate Decanter's top wines of the year...
Panto-themed culinary chaos with lashings of fine wine...
Susie recommends 25 top value sparkling wines in Decanter magazine...
Swords, shields and sparkling wine in the Surrey Bacchus Half Marathon...
Catch Peter (and his summer wine tips) on Radio Solent...