Articles for ' Wines of the Week'

I’ve written elsewhere within this blog on the subject of my uneasy relationship with Champagne (in short – it’s overpriced and has a diminishing returns the more you pay). So when it comes to festive fizz I always like to seek out alternatives.

This Christmas, the team at Classic Wine Direct have sourced their wines close to home, in fact just… read the rest of “Have Yourself a Merry English Christmas!”

I hope that case from Classic Wine Direct was for me!

Choosing the right wines for Christmas should be pretty straightforward right? Well it would be if it wasn’t for that Big Bird in the middle of the table.

For me, Turkey is as problematic as… read the rest of “Christmas Wines at Classic Wine Direct”

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In the latest of our CWD video tastings, Joe and Colin give a whirlwind tasting of the excellent Etoile Colombard Blend 2008 from Gascony. Just enough time for Colin to get aroused by the nose and utter the immortal word “peachy-ness”.

You can read more about the winemakers (the Gessler brothers) in a our recent blog post .

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The CWD tasting note… read the rest of “Wine of the Week: Etoile Colombard Blend 2008”

Ah, Perez Cruz. This is one of the “big” wines on our list. We used to refer to this wine as our ‘banker”, but when the financial crisis happened we found ourselves looking for a new noun! In honour of the current Ashes series I suggested a “Pieterson” but after KP’s performance in Cardiff on Sunday…

What of the wine? Well, you can see what Joe and Colin think… read the rest of “Wine Of The Week 2 - Perez Cruz Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2006”

Our inaugural Wine of The Week has already become one of the firm favourites of the Classic Wine Direct team. The wine is Mahi sauvignon blanc and you can view a short video tasting with Joe and myself in the clip below

I first came across this wine when I worked with The Wine Society a few years back and… read the rest of “Wine of the Week 1 - Mahi Sauvignon Blanc”