The Weekly Review

Avoiding the restaurant crowds on Valentines Day is as easy as a good bottle and food to match.

Unexpectedly for a hot summer, the wines I’ve been most fond of have been reds.

Just as the task of ordering wine when dining with friends falls to me, the “expert”, so does the careful co-ordination of the Christmas drinks list.

The festive season is made ever so joyful with family and friends dropping in for meals, and it’s the time of the year I tend to dig about in the cellar and share wines I’ve been carefully maturing.

One of my favourite aspects of this job is discovering great wines and highlighting them each week.