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items: Why every wine lover should get to know Swiss wine – our expert reveals all
items: Best beaujolais wines to buy
items: Best madeira wine to buy
items: 4 Californian wine regions you need to visit
items: Napa Valley wine: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
items: Best Loire Valley wines to buy
items: Best vinho verde wine to buy
items: Wines from Jura: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
items: Wines from Catalonia: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
items: Best cava wines to buy, tried and tested 2025
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Why every wine lover should get to know Swiss wine – our expert reveals all
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date: 2025-09-12T09:26:46.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Wine
description: Wines from Switzerland are well worth seeking out for their rare indigenous grapes and distinctive sense of terroir. Discover the best wines to buy, plus where to stay
encoded: The majority of Switzerland’s wine is made in the French-speaking part of the country. The Rhône rises high in the Alps and transverses Valais, the largest wine region, before it flows into France. Immediately to the west is Vaux, hugging beautiful Lake Geneva and home to the steep UNESCO listed Lavaux vineyards where all the work has to be done by hand. The emphasis across the country is very much on quality not quantity, and prices reflect this. The best value for introductory wines are to be found from co-operatives, which make wines with grapes bought from many growers and so can achieve economies of scale. Switzerland's main grape varieties White chasselas, petite arvine, amigne, doral, heida (savagnin), chardonnay, sauvignon blanc Red gamaret, garanoir, cornalin, galotta, pinot noir, gamay, merlot, syrah What food should you pair Swiss wine with? Chasselas, accounting for nearly 30% of total plantings, has naturally low acidity and usually goes through full malolactic fermentation so is best suited to earthy or creamy food. Reds tend to be quite elegant with plenty of fruit and bright acidity, which makes them very versatile and food-friendly, as good with a tomato pasta sauce as they are with game dishes or a robust veggie bake. Swiss winemaking The distinctive Swiss way of winemaking is to allow most of its whites to go through malolactic fermentation (MLF), when the tart-tasting malic acid is converted into lactic acid after the alcoholic fermentation is complete, reducing the wine’s acidity and giving a creaminess to its texture. Switzerland is a country of small growers, respectful of their heritage and often using organic or biodynamic practices. Although it is still a male-dominated country (women only gained full voting rights in 1990), there is now an impressive roster of female winemakers, many who’ve taken over their family’s estates. With a total vineyard area about half the size of Burgundy, Swiss wines are thin on the ground, and only 2% of the p…

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Best beaujolais wines to buy
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date: 2025-07-07T15:45:40.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
subject: Drinks
subject: Wine
description: Looking for a rich red wine to sip on? Discover the wines of Beaujolais
encoded: Less than an hour from Lyon, Beaujolais is dotted with medieval villages, vineyards and rolling hills. The region was once looked down on as inferior to its neighbour Burgundy, and a huge marketing push in the 1980s for its Beaujolais Nouveau wines – released on the third Thursday in November – perpetuated this. It’s still best known for light reds made with gamay grapes but a young, dynamic generation of producers now makes exciting wines that reflect the region’s diversity of soils and microclimates, using biodynamic and natural practices that have been common here for decades. Beaujolais continues to attract dynamic winemakers and growers with forward-thinking ideas, partly because land is much cheaper than in Burgundy – but also because of the spirit of cooperation and sharing of ideas and equipment that the province’s producers are known for. “Everybody is welcome, as long as they’re not snobs,” says winemaker Julien Sunier. “We work hand in hand together.” What grape is Beaujolais wine made from? Gamay is the main grape here, snappy with red berry flavours and gentle scents of violets. They’re best served lightly chilled to make the most of their bright freshness, but this doesn’t mean they’re only for summer – enjoy in the gloom of winter (delicious alongside mildly spiced food) for a much-needed breath of fresh air. Carbonic maceration is Beaujolais’ signature wine-making technique, whereby whole bunches of grapes are put into the vat with carbon dioxide so fermentation begins inside the fruit, rather than the conventional way of pressing the juice first. This makes wine that’s super juicy and brightly aromatic, with very low tannins – perfect for easy summer drinking. Red wines simply labelled ‘Beaujolais’ are generally from the southern part of the region, while ‘Beaujolais Villages’ wines come from the north in the areas surrounding the 10 crus – those specific sub-regions, each with their own characteristics, that produce the region’s most esteemed wines…

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Best madeira wine to buy
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date: 2025-06-18T09:38:07.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
subject: madeira wine
subject: review
subject: Wine
description: Explore the variety of styles of this unique fortified wine and discover the best madeira wine to buy for your cupboard
encoded: Check out our guide to madeira wine from olive's wine expert Kate Hawkings, then get the lowdown on Italian sparkling wine for more celebration tipples, as well as everything you need to know about oaked wine, the best Stellenbosch wines to buy and wines from Bordeaux. Jump to: Best madeira to buy at a glance What is madeira wine? Best madeira to buy 2025 What are the different styles of madeira? What food does madeira pair with? Best madeira to buy at a glance Best sweet madeira: Blandy’s Duke of Clarence, £15 Best value madeira: Henriques & Henriques 10-year-old sercial, £22.50 Best introduction to madeira: Henriques & Henriques Finest Medium Rich 5 Years Old, £14.07 Best modern madeira: Blandy’s Verdelho 10 Year Old, £34.95 What is madeira wine? Like port, madeira is a fortified wine, but it's made in a unique way on the lonely island of Madeira, which sits about 320 miles off the west coast of Morocco. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1419, Madeira was established as a stopping point on transatlantic voyages, where ships would stock up on food, water and wine. The wine was fortified with rum made on the island from the sugar cane that grew there to help preserve it on its journey, and as the ships passed through the tropics, the barrels of wine were exposed to oxygen and heat – usually the sworn enemies of wine, but which instead transformed it into something very special indeed. These days, the heating takes place on the island itself, and it makes the wine entirely stable so it will last almost indefinitely, even after it’s been opened – I’m lucky enough to have tasted one made in 1827, which still tasted incredibly vibrant and fresh. I’ve recommended here some very affordable wines, but if you’re looking for a very special present from a certain year, head to Bovey Wines, which stocks some of the oldest madeiras on the market, made by the esteemed D’Oliveiras company. Best madeira wine to buy 2025 Blandy’s Duke of Clarence Available from Waitrose Cellar (£15) …

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4 Californian wine regions you need to visit
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date: 2025-05-27T11:50:06.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: North America
subject: Travel
description: Plan the ultimate US wine tour with our expert guide to California's wine regions, from Napa Valley to lesser known areas
encoded: Are you a fan of Californian wine? A trip to the Californian wine regions could be the perfect holiday for you, and a chance to learn much more about how the wine is produced. Tour vineyards, have wine tastings in the sun and get to know local producers and small towns across this incredible wine-producing area. From the famous Napa Valley to lesser known Yolo County and laidback Mendocino, these are the best Californian wine regions to visit. For more like this, check out our best UK vineyard breaks or the best European vineyards to visit. Jump to: Sonoma County Mendocino Napa Valley Yolo County Sonoma County The Sonoma region has a large variety of microclimates and soil types, so is able to produce a wider range of grapes and wine styles. Pinot noirs and chardonnays, particularly from the cool Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast regions, are capable of great elegance and complexity, while warmer inland areas such as the Alexander Valley are known for their robust wines made from cabernet sauvignon and zinfandel (also known as primitivo) that tend to be heavily oaked and high in alcohol. Sonoma is a wonderful place to visit, with its rolling countryside, pretty towns, ancient redwood forests and wild Pacific coastline, as well as hundreds of vineyards and wineries which are very welcoming to tourists. Where to stay in Sonoma County Montage Healdsburg Billing itself as a resort rather than a hotel, Montage Healdsburg is the ultimate in discreet luxury, set among its own immaculate vineyards in the heart of Sonoma’s wine country. The gorgeous rooms all have their own balconies with fabulous views and are very hard to leave, but don’t miss out on dining on the terrace at the Hazel Hill restaurant, which uses brilliant local produce to create spectacular dishes, or eat poolside at the more casual Hudson Springs Bar and Grill. Check rates and availability at booking.com, mrandmrssmith.com or montage.com/healdsburg Where to eat in Sonoma County Barndiva, Healdsburg Qu…

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Napa Valley wine: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2025-05-20T09:56:10.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Red wine
subject: White wine
subject: Wine
description: Discover more about the iconic Napa Valley – the wines produced here, styles to look out for and great bottles to buy
encoded: Are you a fan of Californian wine? Learn more about the signature styles of the iconic Napa Valley from our wine expert Kate Hawkings – from the grapes grown there to the best bottles to buy. For more wine inspiration, check out our guides to Sonoma County wine, or plan a wine-fuelled holiday with our guide to the best European vineyards to visit. In 1976 Stephen Spurrier, a British wine merchant based in France, organised what became known as the Judgement of Paris. This was a blind tasting by renowned industry professionals, comparing top chardonnays from Burgundy and cabernet sauvignons from Bordeaux alongside those from California. To everybody’s great surprise, the wines from California’s Napa Valley scooped top marks in both categories. Napa Valley still produces some of the world’s most prestigious (and costly) wines, and nowadays is a playground of many delights for the millions of well-heeled, wine-loving tourists who visit each year. In 1976 there were only around 50 producers in the region. Since then, money poured in, new vineyards and wineries sprung up, and now there are more than 400, many of which have their own tasting rooms to welcome visitors. Which grapes are grown the most in Napa Valley? Cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay are the king and queen of the grapes here. These make Napa’s most famous wines from producers such as Stag’s Leap and Chateau Montelena (the winners of the Judgement of Paris and both still going strong) as well as Opus One, Robert Mondavi, Ridge Vineyards and many other jewels in Napa’s winemaking crown. What style are Napa Valley wines? While many French winemakers are making lighter, more elegant wines these days, those in Napa have generally stuck to the style that made their region famous 50 years ago – sleek, well-polished wines usually with very ripe fruit and relatively high alcohol due to the warm climate, as well as extensive oak ageing, often in expensive new barrels, which gives the wines the characteristic bold, bu…

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Best Loire Valley wines to buy
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date: 2025-05-14T15:00:32.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Reviews
subject: White wine
subject: Wine
description: France's historic region of Loire Valley is home to a surprisingly diverse collection of wine, including Pouilly Fumé, Crémant and popular Sancerre
encoded: The Loire river winds westward from the mountainous region of Auvergne for 625 miles to the Atlantic Ocean – it’s the longest river in France – passing fairy tale chateaux, historic towns and a remarkable diversity of soils, microclimates and wine styles along the way. Whites, reds, rosés, sparkling and sweet wines are all found here, with plenty of choice, from fresh, easy wines made for glugging to more serious, top-class bottlings. With over 80% of Loire estates holding organic or similar accreditation, it’s a hotbed of natural winemaking with a modern, innovative outlook. Read our expert guide then check out our favourite vineyards in the UK for tours, tastings and overnight stays among the vines. Or check out our pick of the best albariño wines, best appassimento wine and best oaked wine. For summer sipping, check out the best summer wines to buy. Jump to: What is Loire Valley white wine? What is Loire Valley red wine? Main grapes to know from the Loire Valley What food to pair with Loire Valley wine Loire Valley wine regions Best Loire Valley wines to buy What is Loire Valley white wine? Known as the ‘garden of France’, the dreamy, bucolic Loire valley is dotted with hundreds of turreted châteaux, dating from the late 15th century when the royal court was based here, as well as thousands of vineyards producing great-value wines. Crisp muscadet whites are made from the melon de bourgogne grape and are dream matches for the oysters and other seafood found on the nearby Atlantic coast, while sauvignon blanc is used in the classy dry wines from Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé at the eastern end of the valley, and in the central Touraine region where better value is often found. Sancerre's whites are famed for the finesse and purity of their elderflower and grassy notes, as well as their racy minerality that comes from the limestone and flinty soils found in the area. Land is expensive here, hence the more hefty price tags, but a good sauv blanc from Sancerre is really h…

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Best vinho verde wine to buy
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date: 2025-04-14T14:45:05.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Reviews
subject: Wine
description: olive's wine expert Kate Hawkings turns to the Vinho Verde region for supreme quality and value
encoded: As the warmer months roll around there's nothing quite like a chilled glass of white wine. Whether you're looking to learn more about white wines, or want to add a new bottle to your repertoire, Portuguese vinho verde wines are a great place to start. Read on for our favourite tried and tested vinho verde wines, and everything you need to know about this unique drink. Looking for Portuguese wine to buy? Want to know more about unfamiliar wine-making techniques? Read our expert guide, then check out our guides to the best Portuguese red wine to buy and best Douro Valley wines to buy. For more Portuguese inspiration, discover 10 things we love about the food from the Algarve and our favourite foodie trips in Portugal. Jump to: Best vinho verde wines at a glance Best vinho verde wines to try 2025 What kind of wine is vinho verde? Best vinho verde wines at a glance Best classic vinho verde: LB7 Vinho Verde, £8.50 Best vinho verde for summer: Azvedo Vinho Verde, £10 Best with spicy food: Casal de Ventozela Arinto 2024, £9.50 Best rosé vinho verde: M&S Abertura Vinho Verde rosé, £8 Best luxury vinho verde: Quinta da Raza Lagares, £24.50 Best vinho verde wines to try 2025 LB7 Vinho Verde Available from Majestic (£8.50) Best classic vinho verde Classic, spritzy vinho verde, naturally low in alcohol at just 10% and with a sherbet-like, citric freshness that makes it really thirst-quenching. Serve well chilled as a sunny aperitif or with simple seafood dishes. Available from: Majestic (£8.50) Quinta de Azevedo Vinho Verde Available from Waitrose (£10) Best vinho verde for summer A more serious style of VV, with no carbonation and more body and roundness than with the classic wines. Green-apple crispness with hints of mangoes, jasmine and lime zest, it really suits summery salads and grilled fish. Available from: Waitrose (£10) Casal de Ventozela Arinto 2024 Available from Majestic (£9.50) Best with spicy food Crunchy green apples and a thread of stony minerality are the chara…

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Wines from Jura: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2025-02-20T17:30:23.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
description: Our expert gives us the lowdown on Jura, a tiny yet celebrated wine region in eastern France
encoded: Are you a fan of French wine? Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the wines of the region of Jura in Eastern France, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for, along with recommendations of the best wines to buy. For more French wine guides, check out our expert guides to the best Sancerre and Loire Valley wines or the best Bordeaux wines. Want to learn more at the source itself? Check out our guides to the best European vineyards to visit and best UK vineyards to visit. For the ultimate gift for a wine lover, check out our review of the best wine subscriptions. Jump to: A guide to wines from Jura Best wines from Jura to buy Where to stay in Jura A guide to wines from Jura East of Burgundy and tucked up by the Swiss border, remote Jura is France’s smallest wine region, accounting for around only 0.2% of total production. Only a decade or so ago its unique and diverse wines made by impassioned winemakers were virtually unknown outside the area, but now they’re hot on the lips of switched-on sommeliers and geeky drinkers everywhere. Vin jaune is Jura’s most famous and distinctive wine. Made from the local white savagnin grape, it is aged in oak barrels for at least six years. A layer of yeast grows on the surface of the wine, similar to the flor in sherry, which imparts its characteristic nutty, earthy, deeply savoury notes. The barrel is not topped up so the wine slowly evaporates and oxidises, losing around 40% of its volume, which is why vin jaune is sold in squat 62cl bottles called clavelins. Wines released with less than six years ageing under the flor – called sous voile – may also be made with chardonnay and have a less extreme flavour profile, while ouillé refers to wines that are topped up so remain unoxidised and are generally fresher and more zesty but still distinctly Juran. Trousseau and poulsard (also known as ploussard) are the native red grapes, both beautifully delicate and ethereal, while créman…

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Wines from Catalonia: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2025-02-03T14:46:14.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Reviews
description: Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the wines of the region of Catalonia, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for
encoded: Are you a fan of Spanish wine? Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the wines of the region of Catalonia, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for, along with recommendations of the best wines to buy. For more like this, check out our expert guides to the best Sancerre and Loire Valley wines or the best Bordeaux wines. Want to learn more at the source itself? Check out our guides to the best European vineyards to visit and best UK vineyards to visit. For the ultimate gift for a wine lover, check out our review of the best wine subscriptions. A guide to wines from Catalonia Catalonia’s most famous wine is cava, the go-to for so many of us when we want bargain bubbles and something a little less sweet than most prosecco. Most comes from the Penedès region, south-west of Barcelona, and is made in the same way as champagne, though usually with less lees ageing so it’s less complex. Trusted brands include Segura Viudas, Campo Viejo and Codorníu but the region’s most interesting fizz is corpinnat, a new designation launched in 2019 for high-quality sparkling wines. Understandably more costly than mass-market cavas – they must be made from manually harvested, organic grapes, vinified at the estate and aged for at least 18 months before disgorging – corpinnat slightly confuses the cava category but is a reliable marker of the very best. Macabeo, parellada and xarel·lo are the widely used indigenous white grapes – they are always used in cava but can also make very good still wine. Exciting reds to look out for include sumoll and trepat, while white and red grenache (garnatxa in Catalan) are also commonly grown. Brisat is the Catalan name for skin-contact or orange wine – now so trendy but in fact the traditional way of making wine here. Winemaking was introduced to the region by the Phoenicians, who traded Catalan wine with the Egyptians 2,500 years ago, and is embedded into the rural culture. In contrast to the rolling…

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Best cava wines to buy, tried and tested 2025
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date: 2025-01-27T17:14:02.000Z
creator: Hannah Guinness
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
subject: Wine
description: Spanish producers are upping their game with some exceptional cava wines – our expert shares where to find them and the best bottles to buy
encoded: Want to know more about cava wines? Read our expert guide, then check out our guides on the best champagne, prosecco and summer wines. Discover why all wine benefits from chilling with our guide to chilling wine. Not as costly as champagne, nor as popular as prosecco, cava is often overlooked when it comes to sparkling wine. For many years, Spain’s trademark fizz was rather frowned upon, seen only as cheap and cheerful pop for parties but, while it still gives bargain bubbles crisper and less sweet than most proseccos, there are now many more serious and complex cavas that can be counted among the world’s best and most interesting sparklers. Cavas tend to be very good with food – think tapas and you won’t go far wrong. Crisps, nuts and ceviches or sashimi are great with simpler wines, while those with more age love anything fried – fish or perhaps croquetas. Pet-nats can carry more robust flavours and make a fine companion to a summery centrepiece paella. Read on for our picks of 5 of the best cavas to buy. Best cava wines to try at a glance Best rosé cava: Colet Vatua! Rosé 2019, £24 Best budget cava: Contevedo Cava Brut, £5.79 Best supermarket cava: Codorniu Seleccion Familia Reserve Organic Cava, £12.99 Best champagne alternative: Pere Ventura Cava, £12.95 Best non-alcoholic cava: Vilarnau 0% Sparkling Rosé, £7 5 of the best cava wines to try Colet Vatua! Rosé 2019 Available from The Sourcing Table (£24) Best rosé cava A really unusual, and unusually delicious, rosé cava from a family that has been farming its organic vineyards for more than 200 years. Headily fragrant muscat and gewürztraminer grapes are blended with parellada, then given a dosage of garnaxa from their friend Fred Torres’ project in Priorat. Rich with tropical fruit and exotic scents including ginger and jasmine, it finishes bone-dry with a zap of pink grapefruit. Available from: The Sourcing Table (£24) Contevedo Cava Brut Available from Aldi (£5.79) Best budget cava Aldi’s perennially popular …

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Sonoma County wine: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2025-01-23T12:35:30.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
description: Our expert explores the world-class wines of Sonoma County, California
encoded: Are you a fan of Californian wine? Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the wines of Sonoma County, California, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for, along with recommendations of the best wines to buy. For more like this, check out our expert guides to the best Sancerre and Loire Valley wines or the best Bordeaux wines. Want to learn more at the source itself? Check out our guides to the best European vineyards to visit and best UK vineyards to visit. For the ultimate gift for a wine lover, check out our review of the best wine subscriptions. A guide to Sonoma County Wine If you’re looking to cut back on the booze but not go without altogether, now is a chance to look to wines that might usually be beyond your budget, and drink less but drink better. California’s Sonoma County is a good place to start. Spanish missionaries first planted grapes here in the early 1800s and a thriving wine industry developed until prohibition in the early 20th century led to most vineyards being pulled out, although some vines still exist here that are more than 100 years old. The modern wine industry began in the late 20th century and, while California now produces vast quantities of cheap, low-quality wine, the Sonoma region is known for making some really world-class bottles that are more pricey. Land, labour and equipment are very expensive – many producers use costly new French oak barrels for ageing which give the plush toasty, vanilla-scented wines that are so characteristically Californian – and there are strict agricultural and environmental regulations that all add to the costs. In addition, producers are still recovering from catastrophic wildfires in 2020 and 2021 that destroyed huge swathes of vineyards as well as hundreds of homes. Unlike its immediate neighbour, the Napa Valley, Sonoma has a large variety of microclimates and soil types, so is able to produce a wider range of grapes and wine styles. Pinot noirs …

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Best wine subscriptions and clubs, 2025
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date: 2025-01-09T12:33:07.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
subject: Products
description: Looking to try a monthly wine subscription box? We've tested the best regular wine deliveries and clubs, with something for everyone, from all-rounders to natural or English wine specialists
encoded: Wine subscription boxes have enjoyed huge success over the past few years as drinkers were forced to do more shopping online. The concept is simple – a wine delivery to your door at regular intervals, relieving you from having to choose from a shelf then lugging the bottles home. They also make a great gift for a wine lover. Whether you want everyday, reliable wines that won’t scare the horses, or are looking to expand your usual wine horizons with unexpected bottles from unexpected places, here are some of the best options around. Read on for our picks of the best wine subscriptions to buy. It's not just wine you can subscribe to either - we've reviewed the best gin subscriptions and best coffee subscriptions too for regular deliveries no matter your favourite drink. Sponsored by The Wine Flyer Make this summer one to remember with bottles from across the world Here at olive, our favourite things are food, drink and travel, and we’ve partnered with The Wine Flyer to bring you The Vine, including an exclusive curated case of wines, based on our favourite places to travel across the world. Discover new bottles from diverse regions and vineyards, as well as recognisable and much-loved brands, all while collecting exclusive Avios points that can be used for your next trip. Shop The Vine by The Wine Flyer and olive for £159.99 Best wine subscriptions at a glance Best all-round wine subscription: Laithwaites, from £24 a month for 4 bottles Best for small quantities: Corkk Club, from £23 a month for one bottle Best for cheese and wine: Abel & Cole cheese and wine club, £13.75 a week for 2 bottles + cheese Best wine subscription for customising: Oranj, from £85 a month for 3 bottles Best for discovering small producers: Cellar Next Door, from £88 a month for 4 bottles Best high-end wine subscription: The Sourcing Table, from £150 for 6 bottles quarterly Best for flexible choice: The Wine Society, from £95 for 12 bottles Best for unique themes: Provisions wine subscription,…

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Best Christmas wines to buy
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date: 2024-11-27T14:23:05.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Wine
description: olive’s wine expert picks out the really special bottles for the big day, and the best bargains to see you through the festive party season
encoded: Looking for Christmas wines to buy for the festive season? Wine expert Kate Hawkings gives the lowdown on the best wines for Christmas. Next, check out Kate's guide to best festive sparkling wines. Best Christmas wines to buy at a glance Best budget red wine to go with Christmas dinner: Aldi Specially Selected Toscana Rosso, £7.69 Best blowout red wine to go with Christmas dinner: Elisa Guerin ‘Les Thorins’ Moulin-à-Vent 2022, £32 Best budget white wine to go with Christmas dinner: Jackson Estate Stich 2023 Sauvignon Blanc, £14.99 Best blowout white wine to go with Christmas dinner: Tesselaarsdal, Hemel-en-Aarde Chardonnay 2021, £38.99 Best budget wine to go with a Boxing Day buffet: Aldi Specially Selected Ile de Beauté Rosé, £8.49 Best blowout wine to go with a Boxing Day buffet: Cum Vineis Sclavis Schiava 2022, £19 Best budget wine for New Year's Eve: L’Occhiolino Sparkling Red, £8.99 Best blowout wine for New Year's Eve: Blurred Vines Spark Alt Wine, £16 Best budget wine to go with nibbles: English Pink Mulled Rosé, £25 Best blowout wine to go with nibbles: Champagne René Jolly Rosé d’Assemblage, £37.99 Best budget wine to go with pudding: Araldica Moscato d’Asti, £11 Best blowout wine to go with pudding: Graham’s 20-Year-Old Tawny Port, £40 Best budget wine to go with a cheeseboard: Cramele Recas Orange, £10.99 Best blowout wine to go with a cheeseboard: Kopke 10-Year-Old White Port, £37.99 Top tip: buy your Christmas wine ahead My advice for avoiding stress when buying Christmas wine is to plan ahead. Stock up online for versatile crowd-pleasers to have on standby that will multitask for a variety of festive occasions, menus and dietary requirements. Then splash out on some special bottles for the feasting highlights. Best Christmas wines to buy 2024 Aldi Specially Selected Toscana Rosso Available from Aldi (£7.69) Best budget red wine to go with Christmas dinner The main event usually involves so many sides and sauces with riots of different flavours, so choo…

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Best fino sherries to buy
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date: 2024-11-11T15:39:20.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Reviews
subject: sherry
subject: Wine
description: Our wine expert explores the savoury, nutty notes of this Spanish fortified wine, and recommends the best bottles of fino sherries to buy
encoded: Looking for the best fino sherries to buy? Want to know more about Spain's wine-making region? Read our expert guide, then check out our guide to English pinot noirs, Sancerre and Loire Valley wines and the best albariño wines to buy. Best fino sherries to buy at a glance Best savoury fino sherry: Bodegas Tradición Fino, £41.92 Best unfiltered fino sherry: Gonzalez Byass Una Palma Fino, £21.95 Best manzanilla sherry: Barbadillo Solear Manzanilla Sherry, £12.99 Best well-known sherry: Tio Pepe Fino En Rama, £13.25 Best investment fino sherry: Lustau Puerto Fino Sherry, £17.94 Best aged manzanilla: Hidalgo 'Pastrana' Pasada Manzanilla Sherry, £17.99 Sherry's long-awaited revival After decades in the doldrums, sherry is shrugging off its fusty image and enjoying a much-deserved revival. Sales have shown a 13 per cent rise over the past year, with fino and manzanilla, the driest styles, leading the growth. I’m rarely without a bottle of fino or manzanilla in my fridge – they’re among my favourite things to drink to mark the end of a day. They make fantastic aperitifs, especially with roasted almonds or olives alongside, but are good with so many other things besides. Traditionally served well-chilled in small, tulip-shaped glasses called copitas, and sipped slowly to appreciate their nuances, they are also great for cocktails and long drinks. Sling 75ml of sherry into a glass filled with ice, then add tonic to make a She & T; or add lemonade, which turns it into a rebujito, garnished with mint, a green olive and/or a slice of lemon, as downed by the bucketload at summer fiestas in the south of Spain. I've also used them with great success in place of vermouth in a negroni or a dry martini. Finos come from the Andalusian city of Jerez, from which sherry gets its name. They are made from dry wine, usually from the palomino grape, that’s fortified with spirit then left to age in barrels laid on their sides and piled high in vast cathedral-like buildings called bodegas. Som…

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9 of the best ports to buy
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date: 2024-10-31T15:52:57.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
subject: Products
description: Our wine expert gives her lowdown on the best budget and blowout ports to buy, from fruit-forward ruby to delicate tawny, plus shares her favourite glassware for the drink
encoded: Looking for the best port wine to buy over the festive period? Our wine expert shares her favourites, including supermarket port, vintage port and tawny port. For more post-supper sipping inspiration, check out the best digestifs to try, or discover the world of white port with our expert review of the best white ports to buy. Like mince pies, mulled wine and comedy jumpers, port tends to appear only at Christmas and then is forgotten for the rest of the year. This is a great shame, for port is a wonderful drink, made in many different styles and to suit so many occasions. Port has something of an image problem. Its unfortunate reputation calls to mind red-trousered gentlemen puffing cigars after dinner and passing decanters of port to their left – a tradition that allegedly relates to keeping one’s right hand free, in case access to one’s sword is required. Eye rolls all round. However, there is so much more to port than this – read on to find the best port to buy for all occasions, plus understand the many different styles of port. Jump to: Best port to buy at a glance What is port wine? Best port to buy 2024 How to drink port Best port glasses to buy Best port to buy at a glance Best late-bottled vintage port: Taylor's LBV port, £15 Best affordable white port: Niepoort dry white port, £21.95 Best luxury white port: Kopke 10-Year-Old White Port, £35.75 Best pink port: Croft pink port, £12.74 Best rosé port: Offley rosé port, £14.99 Best reserve port: Barros special reserve port, £19.29 Best vintage port: 1994 Warre’s vintage port, £113 Best crusted port: Fonesca crusted port, £22.95 Best tawny port: Corney & Barrow 20-Year-Old Tawny Port, £39.95 What is port wine? Port is a fortified wine that comes from the Douro region of Portugal, whose main city Oporto (also known as Porto) gives the wine its name. It dates back more than 300 years, when the Brits were at war with France so looked to Portugal – their oldest allies – to quench their thirst for wine. Producers i…

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Best white port to buy
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date: 2024-10-31T15:35:43.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Reviews
subject: Port
subject: Wine
description: Our wine expert shows us why this under-the-radar fortified wine should be everyone’s new summertime aperitif and picks the best white ports to buy
encoded: Looking for the best white port to buy? Want to know more about white port? Read our expert guide then check out our guide to the best port to buy too. Discover why all wine benefits from chilling with our guide to chilling wine. To display your spirits in style, check out our round-ups of the best decanters or the best bar carts. Best white port at a glance Best fruity white port: Kopke 10-Year-Old White Port, £39.95 Best for a port and tonic: Graham’s Blend No5 White Port, £26.49 Best modern white port: Cockburn’s White Heights, £23.95 Best versatile white port: Quinta da Pedra Alta No 3, £18.24 Best aged white port: Churchill’s Dry White Port, £30.39 Best classic white port: Taylor’s Chip Dry White Port, £17.49 Best white port with food: Fonseca Siroco, £20.89 Best sweet white port: Kopke Colheita port, £47 What is white port? One of my favourite drinks for summer is white port and tonic. Portônica, as it’s known, is the go-to aperitif in the city of Porto that sits at the end of the Douro Valley where port is made. White port is a fortified wine, made in the same way as its red counterpart by adding brandy to halt the fermentation of wine, leaving residual sugars which give sweetness to the finished drink. The earlier in the fermentation process the brandy is added, the sweeter the port will be. Most white ports are made quite dry and are intended to be drunk young as an aperitif, either by itself over ice or, more commonly, as a portônica garnished with a lemon slice, a sprig of mint or even a stick of cinnamon to bring out its gentle spicy notes. Use about 100ml port to 150ml tonic with plenty of ice either in a high-ball or in a more modish balloon-shaped glass. But white port is good for so much more. Its closest cousin in a cocktail cupboard is dry vermouth and, while it lacks vermouth's characteristic bitterness, white port can happily be used as a substitute in so many cocktails. It makes a killer martini (the less port you use, the drier the martini will…

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Chilean wine: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2024-09-05T10:59:21.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
description: Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the wines of Chile, including it's styles, the varieties to look out for and the best bottles to buy
encoded: Have you tried wine from Chile? Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the unique wines of Chile, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for, along with recommendations of the best Chilean wines to buy. For more like this, check out our expert guides to the best Sancerre and Loire Valley wines or the best Bordeaux wines. Want to learn more at the source itself? Check out our guides to the best European vineyards to visit and best UK vineyards to visit. A guide to Chilean wine Chile is the world’s fifth-largest wine producer, making more wine than Australia, South Africa and its neighbour Argentina, so it’s no surprise it’s the source of so many bottles found on the shelves of our supermarkets and corner shops. Although Chile has been growing vines since the 16th century, when they were brought by the Spanish conquistadors, wine took off big time here in the 19th century. The dry climate and high altitudes saved it from the ravages of phylloxera, the deadly insect that destroyed nearly all the vines in Europe then, so there was an influx of growers and winemakers, mainly from France, who brought their grapes and know-how with them. This is why most grapes grown here are familiar French varieties. Cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, chardonnay and sauvignon blanc are the most common; Chile’s signature red grape, carménère, originally from Bordeaux, is now virtually extinct in France. It is a skinny strip of a country, clinging to the eastern coast of South America and stretching for more than 4,000km, from the arid Atacama Desert in the north to the sub-zero wilds of Patagonia in the south, hemmed in by the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. These diverse terroirs are reflected in the wines; those from the cool, coastal regions, and the high Andes, tend to have more freshness and acidity than the plush, very ripe styles found in the warmer inland valleys. While Chile’s modern wine industry is best known either fo…

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Best decanters to buy for wine, whisky and more
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date: 2024-09-02T15:05:39.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
subject: Drinks
subject: Products
subject: Whisky
subject: Wine
description: Looking for a glass or crystal decanter? See the best wine and whisky decanters to buy and learn about the benefits of decanting your drinks
encoded: Looking for a new decanter to buy? Wine expert Kate Hawkings has gathered her top picks of the best wine and whisky decanters to buy, whether you're looking for a simple option to display on a bar cart, a housewarming gift for a wine enthusiast or a blow the budget investment for a true connoisseur. For more like this, check out our reviews section packed with our top buys and tried and tested reviews - everything from coffee machines and cake tins to gift guides for every occasion. If you're still on the hunt for quality glassware, read our top picks of the best whisky glasses, best wine glasses or best champagne glasses to build the ultimate collection. What is a decanter? Before glass bottles were mass produced, in the 19th century, wine would always be served from decanters, having been bought directly from the barrel in take-home containers. These days they’ve rather fallen out of fashion but, as well as being attractive centrepieces to a table, wine decanters serve two practical but different purposes. Firstly, to separate wine from any sediments that may have formed in the bottle - this is common in older wines, particularly robust reds and vintage ports, and while the sediments are harmless, their bitterness and gritty texture can spoil the pleasure if they reach the glass. Stand the bottle upright and leave it undisturbed for at least 24 hours. Pour the wine slowly and continuously into the decanter, using a funnel if your hand is not steady, with a light source behind it so you can see when the sediment appears at the neck of the bottle, at which point you stop pouring. You can use a candle or a lamp for this, or the torch on your phone. Slender decanters are best for these wines as they can spoil if exposed to too much air. On the other hand, younger wines, especially full-bodied reds that are high in tannins, often benefit from decanting to aerate the wine and allow it to soften. Natural wines that smell a bit funky are also improved with decanting; the …

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Slovenian wine: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2024-08-05T09:32:07.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
description: Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about wine from Slovenia, including it's styles, the varieties to look out for and best bottles to buy
encoded: Discover wine from a whole new region with our guide to the top quality wines from Slovenia. Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about this emerging wine scene, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for, along with recommendations of the best Slovenian wines to buy. For more like this, check out our expert guide to the best Georgian wine, best Sancerre and Loire Valley wines or best Hungarian wine. Travel to the source of your favourite wines with our guide to the best European vineyards to visit. A guide to wine from Slovenia Wines from central Europe are creating something of a stir. While we’re all used to wines from Italy, France, Spain and Germany, those from further east have kept a low profile until recently. Many of these countries, including Slovenia, were under communist control until the 1990s, making low-quality wine at nationalised wineries. Now they are rediscovering and reinventing their ancient wine-making traditions that began with the Celts 2,500 years ago. Slovenia borders Austria, Croatia, Hungary and the Friuli region of north Italy. It’s a small country, half the size of Switzerland – you can drive across it in four hours – but its landscapes include Alpine peaks, an Adriatic coastline and a large rural hinterland of rolling hills and thermal spas. Wine is made in all these regions and expresses the diversity of the terroirs. Traditionally, wine was fermented in large barrels made from Slovenian oak but these days there is a thriving scene of dynamic winemakers who are experimenting with other techniques, both ancient and modern, and focussing on sustainability as well as quality. Stainless steel is often used for pure, fresh wines made to be drunk young, while concrete tanks, clay amphorae and small French barriques are used for more complex wines. There is a large natural wine movement here – organic and biodynamic viticulture are widespread, growing local varieties with tricky to pronounce nam…

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Rhône Valley wine: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2024-07-09T10:04:37.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Reviews
description: Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the wines of the Rhône Valley, including it's styles, the varieties to look out for and best bottles to buy
encoded: Do you love French wine and want to learn more? Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the unique wines of the Rhône Valley, including it's varied styles and the grape varieties to look out for, along with recommendations of the best Rhône Valley wines to buy. For more like this, check out our expert guide to the best Sancerre and Loire Valley wines, Bordeaux wines or travel to the source itself with our guide to the best European vineyards to visit. A guide to Rhône Valley wine The Rhône Valley is France’s second-largest wine producing region after Bordeaux. The river flows due south from Lyon to the city of Avignon near the Mediterranean and its valley is divided into two distinct wine regions. The Northern Rhône is the most prestigious, producing serious, tannic wines capable of long ageing, often commanding high prices. It has some of the oldest vineyards in France, and some of the hardest to cultivate, with very steep slopes that are incredibly hard to work, and where everything has to be done by hand. Syrah is the only red grape here – meaty and savoury with a characteristic black pepper spiciness, the best coming from esteemed crus such as St-Joseph, Hermitage and Cornas. In Côte-Rôtie, the syrah is often grown and co-fermented with a few white grapes which add aromatic floral notes that entwine beautifully with its brambly fruit. The Southern Rhône, with a hotter climate and flatter terrain, is a much larger area, producing around 95% of the Rhône Valley’s wine. The most famous appellation is Châteauneuf-du-Pape, so named because Pope Clement V moved to Avignon in 1309 and oversaw the planting of vineyards, paving the way for today’s wine culture here. Wines simply labelled Côtes du Rhône are from the less celebrated vineyards, while Côtes du Rhône Villages wines have stricter quality controls and tend to offer great value for money. Reds are usually GMS blends (grenache, mourvèdre, syrah), although cinsault, carignan and other grape…

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Tuscan wine: an expert guide and the best bottles to buy
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date: 2024-06-26T08:57:44.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
description: Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the unique wines of Tuscany, including it's history, styles and the varieties to look out for
encoded: Do you love Italian wine and want to learn more? Our wine expert Kate Hawkings shares all you need to know about the unique wines of Tuscany, including it's history, styles and the varieties to look out for, along with four recommendations of top Tuscan wines to buy. For more like this, check out our expert guide to Tuscan cuisine, or travel to the source itself with our guide to the best European vineyards to visit. A guide to Tuscan wine Tuscany is perhaps the most beautiful region in Italy. Occupied by the Etruscans (from whom it gets its name – Toscana in Italian) who brought wine here in pre-Roman times, Tuscany was at the centre of the Renaissance. Its dreamy appearance seems to have changed little since, with rolling hills, medieval villages, olive groves, majestic stands of cypress trees and swathes of vineyards everywhere you turn. From the 1970s onwards, several owners of aristocratic estates around Bolgheri in the Maremma region began to plant cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah, in an attempt to produce wines in the style of Bordeaux – these became known as the ‘super Tuscans’ and include Ornellaia and Sassicaia, today revered among the finest wines in the world, with prices to match. They can be spectacular but there are plenty of excellent, more affordable wines from Tuscany. Chianti is the most important wine here, a region stretching roughly between Florence and Siena, with eight sub-zones – the most prestigious and historic of which is chianti classico, right at its heart. Chianti classicos, as with most from the demarcated sub-zones, are generally really reliable wines, with quality assured by rigorous testing. Sangiovese is the king of the Tuscan red grapes. It’s something of a chameleon and adapts to its specific terroir. Some wines are earthy and rustic, with grippy tannins and savoury notes of herbs and tobacco. Others are more fruit-forward, with lots of cherry and raspberry fruit, often with hints of tomatoes and balsamic vinegar. While Tusc…

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Best Champagne glasses
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date: 2024-05-20T14:20:50.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
subject: Products
description: Sip your favourite sparkling from our picks of the best champagne glasses: choose from elegant coupes, flutes and saucers
encoded: Whether you prefer a champagne coupe or saucer, or a classic flute, our wine expert tells us which champagne glasses you should be using to get the most out of your sparkling wine. Find out which bottle to buy with our expert champagne guide, or why not use your new glasses to explore the innovative range of English sparkling wines or Italian sparkling wines on offer? For gifting inspiration, take a browse through the best champagne gifts for champagne lovers. For more glassware recommendations, check out our picks of the best cocktail glasses or see our picks of the best cocktail shakers. Best champagne glasses to buy at a glance Best budget champagne flutes: M&S Maxim champagne flutes, £15/set of 4 Best delicate champagne flutes: Dartington Crystal elevate champagne flutes, £35/set of 2 Best vintage-style champagne flutes: Sinna champagne flute glasses, £70/set of 4 Best wide champagne flutes: Riedel champagne glasses, £36.95/set of 2 Best coloured champagne glasses: Dunelm Florence flute glasses, £15/set of 2 Best classic champagne saucers: LSA International wine saucers, £50/set of 2 Best patterned champagne saucers: Oliver Bonas pink champagne saucers, £29.50/set of 2 Best champagne coupes large set: Liberty London oval champagne coupes, £82/set of 6 Best unusual champagne saucers: LSA Epoque champagne saucer, £42/set of 2 Best wine glass for champagne: Richard Brendon wine glass, £90/set of 2 Best champagne glasses to buy 2024 M&S Maxim champagne flutes Available from M&S (£15/set of 4) Best budget champagne flutes If you're worried about breakages, you don't need to spend a fortune on champagne glasses. This wallet-friendly set of simple, minimalist champagne flutes give you four glasses to raise a toast for under £20. Available from: M&S (£15/set of 4) Dartington Crystal elevate champagne flutes Available from Dartington (£35/set of 2) Best delicate champagne flutes Dartington Crystal are known for top-quality glassware, and these sleek, minimalist champagne…

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Best Greek wine to buy
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date: 2024-05-17T09:50:14.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Reviews
subject: Wine
description: olive’s wine expert picks the best Greek wine to buy and explains how modern and ancient techniques are creating a vibrant new wine scene
encoded: Want to know more about unfamiliar wine-making techniques? Read our expert guide to the best Greek wine below, then check out our guides to the best Tuscan wine, best Sicilian wine, best German wine and best Hungarian wine for more inspiration. To ensure you don't ever run out of wine, check out our round-up of the best wine subscriptions and clubs for monthly deliveries of wine direct to your door. We've also got plenty of Greek recipes to accompany your glass of wine, from pork souvlaki to a classic spanakopita recipe and an indulgent baked feta in filo drizzled with honey. A guide to Greek wines Wine ran through the veins of ancient Greek culture: it was central to religious ritual and to everyday life. The Greek god of wine Dionysus, also known as Bacchus by the Romans, gave his name to Bacchanalian rituals which, as depicted on so many antiquities, were basically parties in which heavy drinking was combined with singing, dancing and lots of sex. Mortals duly followed suit and wine was enjoyed as a social lubricant by all social classes, and by women as well as men. Wine was also an important trading commodity and was exported all over the ancient world. It was stored in clay vessels called amphorae that were sometimes sealed with a pine resin which imparted its flavour into the wine – a drink that is still alive today in the form of retsina. I travelled to Greece often in my youth and retsina appears in many happy memories. In those days, Greek wine was generally pretty rough and relatively expensive, so beer and retsina were the order of the day (and night) in tavernas and on the beach. The retsina smelled and tasted of wine mixed with toilet cleaner but it was very cheap and it kept us very cheerful. Thankfully, retsina, along with all Greek wine, has come a very long way since then. Improved techniques and careful growing of indigenous grapes with exotic names – assyrtiko, malagousia, kydonitsa – have led to a thriving new Greek culture producing wines of re…

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Best non-alcoholic champagne and prosecco alternatives
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date: 2024-05-07T13:43:47.000Z
creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Drink
subject: Guides
subject: Reviews
description: Skip the alcohol but keep the fizz – we've chosen the best non-alcoholic champagne, prosecco and sparkling wine alternatives
encoded: Sparkling wine stands for celebration, whether it’s cracking open champagne to toast a smart wedding or popping the cork on a pocket-friendly prosecco to party with friends on a Friday night. Alcohol-free sparkling wine has been around for quite a while but until quite recently much of it was pretty disappointing and overly sweet. While non-alcoholic beer has led the booze-free march with great success, 0% wine is more tricky to replicate – removing alcohol from a liquid takes away the alcohol-soluble aroma and flavour compounds, as well as the mouth-filling texture of alcohol itself. Wine generally has a higher ABV than beer, resulting in it losing more of its intrinsic character when the alcohol is extracted. The good news if you’re avoiding booze is that now there’s no need to miss out on the fun. The burgeoning trend for no/lo drinking, along with big improvements in technology, has led wine producers to really up their game and many are now making soft sparklers with real grown-up pizzazz. In addition to wine-based options, ingredients and fermentation techniques from on-trend kombuchas and kefirs are now showing up in alcohol-free alternatives to bubbly. While they’ll never be confused with champagne, these are often intriguingly complex and textured, and well worth splashing out on for a special occasion. Read on for our top picks of the best non-alcoholic champagne and prosecco alternatives. Best non-alcoholic champagne and prosecco alternatives at a glance Best close alternative to prosecco: La Gioiosa Alcohol-Free Sparkling Wine, £4.99 Best pink prosecco alternative: M&S Alcohol Free Fizzero Rosé, £6 Best non-alcoholic German fizz: Leitz ‘Eins Zwei Zero’ Sparkling Riesling, £8.85 Best non-alcoholic champagne alternative: Thomson & Scott 'Noughty', £9 Best sparkling tea: Copenhagen Company Blå organic sparkling tea, £19.99 Best refreshing non-alcoholic fizz: Wild Life Botanicals Nude, £12.50 Best kombucha: Jarr Ginger Kombucha, £25.79 (8 x 240ml) Best for n…

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American shandy
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creator: Kate Hawkings
subject: Cocktails and drinks
subject: Recipes
subject: Beer
subject: campari
subject: Vermouth
description: An americano cocktail is a mix of Campari and vermouth topped up with soda water. This version is as easy, with added crisp hoppiness that comes with beer
encoded: Try this recipe for an American shandy, then try our IPA and Campari shandy, ginger, honey and citrus shandy and Shandy Murray. Now try more beer cocktails. American shandy recipe

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