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Every Friday (doesn't your week begin on Friday?!) we select particularly unmissable wines, whether because they are new and different, or a notable bargain, or something simply too stunning to keep to ourselves. We try to make our choices as international as possible although sometimes the wines will be available exclusively in the UK or the US, or occasionally somewhere else. If in doubt about your local stockists, check out the admirable www.winesearcher.com

Graham’s 1952 Diamond Jubilee Port

4 May 2012 by Jancis Robinson

£275 Find this wine Okay, £275 a bottle is no giveaway, but have you seen what other 60-year-old wines cost? And, as someone who has tasted a range of 1952s recently, not least at this birthday dinner for Nick , I can assure you that this old wood aged port offers far more and. More...

Frédéric Mabileau, Les Rouillères Chenin 2011 Anjou

27 Apr 2012 by Jancis Robinson

€11.95, £11.50 Find this wine At long last we have published Richard's and my tasting notes from a showcase of new finds chez The Wine Society, the British wine-buying co-operative which really does seem to put wine quality above all else. I didn't love absolutely. More...

Mas des Masques, Silex Chardonnay NV

20 Apr 2012 by Jancis Robinson

From £14.50 Find this wine If you go for that struck-match quality in your white burgundy, this wine is a steal. It has it in spades. In fact it is almost a pastiche of the style but I found it was a wine I came back to again and again over several nights. In fact it was a sample. More...

Cesconi, Blauwal NV Trento

13 Apr 2012 by Walter Speller

About €25 Cesconi's evocatively named new metodo classico Blauwal (blue whale) from Trentino had me wondering for a moment what blue whales have to do with this mountainous region, but it certainly is a pretty label that stands out. According to Roberto Cesconi, it was designed by. More...

Viñalba Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Mendoza

6 Apr 2012 by Jancis Robinson

From £6.16 - and $12? Find the Fabre Montmayou Cabernet 2010 I have a lot of time for this Argentine producer, which owes much of its French elegance to Bordeaux émigré Hervé Joyaux Fabre of Fabre Montmayou. Purple Pagers can read the enthusiastic tasting note I wrote. More...

Crawford River, Young Vines Riesling 2010

30 Mar 2012 by Jancis Robinson

From £15.50, Aus$24.90 Find this wine What a joy it is to be able to point out that an Australian wine is cheaper on the other side of the world in London than it is in its native land. Crawford River's UK importers OW Loeb are selling this stunning wine for just £15.50. More...

Mark Haisma, Croix des Champs 2010 Gevrey-Chambertin

23 Mar 2012 by Jancis Robinson

CORRECTION: All these prices are in fact duty paid rather than in bond, so even better value! From £138 for six bottles Purple Pagers have already been exposed to my enthusiasm for this new producer of fine burgundy. Back in 2010 in Mark Haisma's burgundies , I wrote, Here is a new. More...

Guigal 2009 Côtes du Rhône Rouge

16 Mar 2012 by Jancis Robinson

From €5.21, £9.95, $14.12 Find this wine This week's wine is hardly a trouvaille , an unknown gem. The Guigals of Ampuis are the kings of the northern Rhône, in terms of both volume of production and, with their special LaLa Côte Rôtie bottlings, in terms of price. More...

Nanni Copè, Sabbie di Sopra il Bosco 2009

9 Mar 2012 by Walter Speller

From €20.88 and around US$45 Find this wine The first time I met Giovanni Ascione was in his role as presenter during a press tasting of Centopassi wines in Naples in November 2009. Centopassi is a Sicilian co-op not far from Palermo which makes wines from grapes grown on. More...

Dom Coursodon, Silice 2010 St-Joseph

2 Mar 2012 by Jancis Robinson

From €17 a bottle, £156 a dozen in bond Find this wine What a pleasure to have supplemented by 650 reviews of 2010 Rhônes with another 60 or so from the northern Rhône this week. Berry Bros are currently offering wines from both northern and southern Rhône and I. More...

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