The Week in Wine

Send us Fan Mail Don drinks an Elijah Craig Rye while Olly celebrates a birthday with grower Champagne. The suicide in Bordeaux and Silicon Valley Bank's bleak prognosis top the most-read wine news st...

18 Jan 31min

Send us Fan Mail To kick off 2026, Don rediscovers his love of Mosel Riesling and Olly loves a California Chardonnay that's not your regular California Chardonnay. Meanwhile, a look over the top stori...

12 Jan 42min

Send us Fan Mail Don returns to an old favourite – oaked Chardonnay; the multi-faceted beauty of Albariño; and varietal labeling – are we past that stage yet? This week's big stories spanned an interv...

8 Dec 202539min

Send us Fan Mail Don drinks Rioja Gran Reserva and gin while Olly enjoys skin-fermented Semillion from Sonoma. We look over a stunning run of vintages in Barolo and talk about wine being aged (and mad...

30 Nov 202530min

Send us Fan Mail Old (wine) favourites (Australian Shiraz joins California Chardonnay in Don's glass this weekend); why on earth should you/you should drink non-alcoholic beer; chucking it all in to m...

23 Nov 202527min

Send us Fan Mail Don rediscovers an old friend; unmemorable wines; has wine reached rock-bottom; Elon Musk, trillionaires, and would the wine world be better with a more affluent middle class (is the ...

23 Nov 202537min

Send us Fan Mail Natural wine summed up by Konstantin Baum MW; is Natural Wine now just a facet of wine?; people really love Rum; the beauty of a Dark and Stormy cocktail; the Supreme Court's ongoing ...

9 Nov 202531min

Send us Fan Mail Spring and frosts in the vineyard; Burgundy's 2025 vintage hints quality without quantity; Is everyone a secret Zinfandel lover?; the wider beauty and appeal of southern Italian red v...

9 Nov 202527min