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Matthew Jukes, a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition’s Communicator of the Year Trophy, picks out the best wines you should be tasting in 2021. He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and his four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Piemonte and 100 Best Australian Wines are published on his website matthewjukes.com.
These reviews were originally published in MoneyWeek
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An insanely delicious Kiwi interloper
Tamra Kelly-Washington is a gifted winemaker and one who goes the extra mile for every one of her carefully crafted wines. Highly experienced, having worked to great acclaim in both Europe and also her homeland of New Zealand, she consults for Michael Seresin’s wines in Marlborough and is responsible for giving his portfolio an exquisite, new lease of life. She also works with her husband, Simon, on their family wine label, and this newly released pinot will show you, in just one sip, why she is a
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Boxing Day is the day for mopping up leftovers from the previous day’s legendary feast while trying to spend a little less time in the kitchen and a little more time on the sofa.
There is no need to open up your most prized wines today, so save any particularly special bottles and concentrate on my collection of smooth sparklers, lighter whites and fruitier reds to give your palate a rest.
Boxing Day is the day for mopping up leftovers from the previous day’s legendary feast. Pictured: Matthew Jukes
Boxing Day Sparkling
NV Roederer Estate Quartet Brut, Anderson Valley, California (left) £23.70, hedonism.co.uk; £25, thewinesociety.com; £29.99, reduced to £22.99 on a Mix Six, Majestic; £25.99, waitrosecellar.com. Made by the famous Louis Roederer Champagne house in California, this is a lovely, slightly richer style of sparkler with a biscuity note over an apple and pear-themed palate. 2018 Tesco finest 1531 Blanquette de Limoux, Languedoc (right), France £
Yes, it’s that time of year again – the Daily Mail Wine Awards, your essential guide to the very-best-value wines out there on the supermarket shelves right now.
There’s something here for every taste, from Champagnes, English sparkling wines and Proseccos through reds and whites to rosés, ports and delectable sweet wines and sherries – and there are some glorious surprise finds along the way.
To make it easier to navigate this year we have divided the red and white wines by country, as you would find them in the supermarket aisles. A rosette attached to a bottle indicates that it was a category winner, while all the others are outstanding runners-up.