Blog: Californian wines Christine Austin November 10, 2015 Drink, Wine There are not many times that I am invited to taste some of the icon wines of California, so when a selection of 2005 vintages from Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate and Scarecrow were lined up against Vérité...
Top six supermarket cavas Christine Austin November 3, 2015 Drink, Wine Codorníu Brut NV, Majestic, £6.66 on multi-buy: Fresh, crisp and clean, with a frothy, foaming mousse and a good finish. Cava Prestige Brut NV, Marks & Spencer £10 (down to £7 until November 2): Made...
Blog: Cava or prosecco? Christine Austin November 3, 2015 Drink, Wine Cava may trail Prosecco in the fizz stakes but Spanish producers are fighting back, writes Christine Austin.
Blog:Formidable wines at Lidl Christine Austin October 6, 2015 Drink Christine Austin checks out the French wine promotion at Lidl and pronounces it ‘formidable’
Christine Austin: Forget return to sender.. Christine Austin September 14, 2015 Wine Christine Austin wades through some special deliveries that have dropped on her doormat over the summer.
A diamond Portugueser – Cockburn’s Port Christine Austin September 8, 2015 Drink, Wine I was sitting at the polished dining table at Quinta dos Canais in the Upper Douro, Portugal, the home of Cockburn’s port, when the bottle of Special Reserve Port was passed around. This was the perfect...
The roots of Chile rediscovered Christine Austin September 1, 2015 Drink, Wine Wild at heart: Christine Austin travels south from Santiago to find out how twisted old vines are producing new wines.
Austria’s own lake superior – Leithaberg Wines Christine Austin August 24, 2015 Drink I hadn’t realised just how big the Neusiedler See (Lake Neusiedl) is. This shallow lake, in the far eastern part of Austria, is more than 20 miles long and six miles wide, and it runs roughly from north to...
The bronzed Broad – Yorkshire vineyard’s success Christine Austin August 3, 2015 Wine Even while he was busy pouring me tasting samples of several other wines in the range, it was clear that Stuart Smith, of Ryedale Vineyards, was proud of being a double award-winner. “We entered the...
Yorkshire supermarket has more reasons to celebrate Christine Austin July 29, 2015 Wine It was a good night for Yorkshire last week as Bradford-based Morrisons won the Wine Supermarket of the Year accolade at the International Wine Challenge Awards.
