By Rob Hemphill
At the end of the day there is nothing better than winding down with a glass of wine. So let’s look into low alcohol wine and see why it is good for your health.
If you have visited a wine bar or hotel, you might have noticed that the size of these glasses has [...]

 By Mark A Aselstine
Since its inception in 1987 Montes Winery in Santiago Chile has been producing some of the finest, most affordable wines anywhere in South America. Recently in the news after being selected to pour at the Wine Spectator grand tasting event and for the horrific earthquake I am happy to note that the [...]

Made from selected grapes in the best growing region the Aude part of the Languedoc. This is a light, refreshing great value drinking wine.
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Superb value red made from fully certified organically grown grapes - just the trick for all us Earth friendly greenies.
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Champagne for St Valentines Day is an excellent idea. Valentines & Champagne go hand in hand, Champagne for celebrations & Valentines Day is the celebration of love & romance. Created in 1876, this is a Champagne at it's finest, as inspired today as it has always been, the embodiment of elegance and purity. [...]

You'd think naming an appellation after a Roman god would give it a head start in the prestige stakes. But Mercurey struggles because it's south of the Côte de Beaune and dismissed by those who drink labels instead of wine. Since the '60s Jean Maréchal (whose family has grown grapes here since 1570) has raised [...]

A fascinating compendium of Arrufiac, Petit Corbu, Petit and Gros Manseng grapes that combine to create fresh, clean greenage-like flavours.
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Tannat is a grape variety native to the Gascony region of southwest France. It is by nature a producer of darkly-coloured chewy reds, but in this case thoughtful modern winemaking has brought out the softer fruit flavours. Made by the ultra-reliable Plaimont winery, who have an admirable focus on polishing the finer characters of the [...]

Natalino Gino's father went 'green' twice over. First the herbicides he'd been advised to spray on his vineyards (planted by patriarch Amadio Gino in 1925) to the west of the Veneto's Soave region made him unwell. As a result, in 1980 he set out to achieve organic certification, finally succeeding ten years later. Here, grapes [...]

Bruno Fina spent the 1990's running Sicily's experimental cellar at Alcamo, applying radical techniques to Sicilian varieties in pursuit of their true vocation. He advised growers making plantings - so he knows where the best grapes are, and what they can do. His cellar, near Erice, was ready for the superb 2005 vintage. Nero d'Avola [...]

Swirling aromas of cassis, herbs and aniseed herald a richly-textured, red fruit-packed, meaty palate. Since 1549, Beaucastel has been home to some of the finest Châteauneufs, made from the fruit of classic, pudding stone-strewn vineyards. Marc and Pierre Perrin's progressive commitment to organic cultivation echoes the spirit of Edwardian scientist forebear Pierre Perrin, who introduced [...]

Lustrous Sémillon-Sauvignon with enticing aromas of lime blossom, quinces, figs and toast. Serve chilled with Roquefort, crab, asparagus or desserts. Key to the sweetness of Bordeaux's Sauternes is 'noble rot', triggered by autumnal river fogs, that shrivels grapes to syrupy succulence. The rot sets in slowly; up to 8 successive vineyard sweeps are needed to [...]

White Burgundy in a league of its own. Rich and golden, with honeyed depths and racy minerality; a wine for buttery scallops or fish carpaccio. Mâconnais vigneron extraordinaire Jean Thévenet makes awesomely intense Chardonnays using methods others shun as commercially suicidal. Risking calamitous weather, his grapes are picked over-ripe, often yielding wines of surpassing richness. [...]

One of our most popular reds: elegant and appetising, a mix of Gascon grapes plus a pleasing dash of Merlot. Our 'Jean des Vignes' range is designed to showcase the best in good-quality everyday-drinking from southern France. Made in this case by the ultra-reliable Plaimont winery, who have an admirable focus on polishing the finer [...]

Using classic Port grapes, Dr Bailey Carrodus has made a remarkable, and all-Australian, vintage Port. Great with fine, mature cheddar.
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Well beyond the Trial for which the T stands for, RWT has become one of Penfolds' most expressive wines. Focusing on Barossa Valley fruit rather than sourcing grapes from all over Australia, the Red Wine Making Trial exhibits a spicy, savoury nose encompassing blueberry, blackberry and rosemary atop a roast beef element. The fleshy, opulent, [...]

Due to the striking contrast in temperatures between day and night in Puglia the Negroamaro grapes ripen slowly resulting in the development of powerful aromas, richness and concentration. This robust wine has distinctive notes of dried fig and prune accompanied by a creamy bitter chocolate character. Well balanced with moderate acidity and superb length [...]

From a privately owned estate in the southern Rhône Valley comes this beautiful Vacqueras, made from hand picked and sorted grapes and bottled at the estate. Deep and concentrated it has a rich and spicy dark fruit character which is drinking well now and will continue to develop for several years.
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 By Kirt Westred
There are some delicious foods and drinks that are also proven to be good for the body. One example of such is sweet red wine. We all know that wine, as well as other alcoholic beverages, can be good for the heart if it is drank moderately. Now, if you want to satisfy [...]

From a small appellation in the Languedoc, this delicate pink coloured rosé is made principally from hand-selected old vines of Syrah, Grenache and Cinsault grapes.
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Sourced from the Maipo Valley, one of the northerly growing regions of Chile, the grapes for this wine achieve perfect ripeness. The resulting wine is robust, fleshy and intense with genuine class. Drinking well now and with immense promise for short to mid-term cellaring.
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