Has there ever been a more glorious title for a programme as Radio 5 Live's Drunk Again: Ann Widdecombe Investigates? Prior to listening, I had visions of Britain's newest national treasure three sheets to the wind, wobbling out of a Wetherspoon in mini-dress and heels at one in the morning, and trying to snog a policeman.
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Anthony Rose: 'The Wine Society delivers on all the features you could want from a dynamic wine merchant'
Saturday 14 April 2012
The staid image conjured up by the name might deceive you into thinking that the Wine Society is some fusty Victorian institution of claret tipplers. In fact, this no-frills company delivers on all the features you could want from a dynamic wine merchant: consistent quality, great value, adventurous range and unparalleled service. Last month I came away from the spring tasting itching to put together a delicious dozen at around a tenner each.
Anthony Rose: 'Australia's success as the UK's favourite wine country is based on substance rather than form'
Saturday 18 February 2012
"Considering how long it's taken Europe, the Australian wine regional map has come rapidly into sharp focus in just two decades."
Wines of the week: Bodegas Tomas Cusine Vilosell 2008; Cordillera Reserva Privada; Cuvée Extreme, Côtes Du Roussillon 2009
Sunday 08 January 2012
Terry Kirby selects the best bottles to buy
The 12 wines of Christmas
Sunday 04 December 2011
Don't leave anything to chance! The key to a successful festive season is military planning, says our wine expert.
Anthony Rose: 'Vin de France is a new affordable category that makes it easier for French wine to compete with the New World'
Saturday 16 July 2011
In the dead of a German winter, three English wine writers sat round a table in an Italian restaurant discussing French wine. The start of a joke? Actually it was the end of one, the punchline being the French authorities' refusal to allow its more humble wines to use the name of their grape variety. A new French wine category, Vin de France, was born last year and we were being asked to road-test it with a group of German colleagues in order to make a selection for June's Vinexpo, the giant wine fair in Bordeaux.
Anthony Rose: 'Tasmania is rapidly becoming Australia's 'little Champagne''
Saturday 18 June 2011
The main conclusion of a week of judging 1,000 Australian wines at this year's Decanter World Wine Awards – black teeth apart – was the extent to which the regions are coming into focus as champions of specific wine styles.
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