Red

The third Thursday in November is Beaujolais Nouveau day. The first day, the wine from this years harvest can be drunk. Beaujolais …

Every November enterprising restaurants and bars cash in on Beaujolais Nouveau Day, the third Thursday in November. Such has been …

Few wine drinkers are familiar with Barbera, yet it is Italy’s third most cultivated grape and one that dates back …

The Merlot grape produces a red wine with medium to full body and herbaceous flavours. It’s typically softer in taste …

Known as the grape of California, Zinfandel actually originates from Italy or Croatia. It has been growing in California since the …

The Pinotage grape is a cross between Pinot Noir, as the name suggests, and Cinsaut. It’s home is South Africa where …

Cabernet Sauvignon is the world’s most famous red wine grape. It produces red wine with a depth of flavour, aroma …

Having different names for the same grape is not unusual in the wine world. Shiraz, the New World moniker, is …

Here’s a few alternatives to the under a fiver supermarket plonks. Three very expensive wines. Chateau Lafite When an enterprising …

Diabetes affects 2.9 million people in the UK and it is also believed that a further 850,000 are unaware they …