Cape Crusaders Christine Austin March 12, 2017 Drink, Wine So what would you do if you were well into retirement age, and had owned and run one of Bordeaux’s most prestigious properties for 30 years? Then you decide to sell it, but being still active and keen to do...
Give me Sunshine Christine Austin March 11, 2017 Drink, Wine How was January for you? Grey and chilly, with the occasional sprinkling of snow? Perhaps you should have joined the exodus that seems to happen each winter as Yorkshire folk board planes and head down to...
Sealed with a loving fizz Christine Austin February 13, 2017 Drink, Wine Check the date on this newspaper and you will see that we are rapidly approaching St Valentine’s Day. I only recently looked up the history of this saint and discovered that there may have been several...
Sardinia wine: Elixir of Life Christine Austin February 6, 2017 Drink, Wine Giovanni Loi sat at the front of the hall for the lecture by the learned professor. The subject was age, something Giovanni knows a lot about. He is 98, looks about 70 and is a fit as a fiddle. He walked up...
Dry January? The healthy approach to wine. Christine Austin January 16, 2017 Drink, Wine The consultant peered over those half-moon glasses that seem to be endemic at the expensive end of the medical profession and declared that he was really quite surprised by the results. ‘Your liver function...
Blog: Wines that won’t break the post Brexit bank Catherine Scott November 8, 2016 Drink, Wine It is one of the basic laws of physics. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. What has that to do with wine? Well, as you may have noticed, as the pound sinks ever lower, wine prices are on...
Christine Austin: What wine would you have in a nuclear bunker Christine Austin September 13, 2016 Drink, Wine Six Yorkshire wine merchants tell Christine Austin what they would take into their nuclear bunker.
Blog: Italian wine Christine Austin June 7, 2016 Drink, Wine Looking for a different taste of Italy in a large glass? Then head to the north-east, writes Christine Austin.
Blog: My top 20 Christmas wines Christine Austin December 14, 2015 Drink, Wine The offers are good this year, which makes it worth heading out to buy for now and for those long gloomy weeks of January. But not everything I have selected is on offer – some wines really are worth their...
Best supermarket wines for under £7 Christine Austin November 17, 2015 Drink, Wine With Tesco changing its pricing strategy, Christine Austin looks at the best in-store buys for £7 or under.