Rhinos and wines

Cricketing super-hero Darren Gough (Rhino to his admirers) is promoting a range South African wines – in support of an animal charity – and has joined forces with an excellent wine merchant and hugely successful wine specialist to do so.

Get onto the Latest Trend

A respected data analysis company tells us that UK wine consumers gently traded up during lockdown. Here are seven tasty wines awaiting others prepared to follow that trend. Plus a call for next week’s Zoom Tasting

Pick up a Picpoul

Picpoul has become the “go-to” wine for shellfish and is massively popular in the UK but which of the various versions is for you? Today’s post is specifically designed to help you answer exactly that question.

When Bordeaux meets Stellenbosch

South Africa’s wine trade is hard hit at the moment but, as we see here, its winemakers are still producing lovely wine across several price points. Watch out, too, for a new MidWeek Wines venture that I think many of you will enjoy.