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Sunday 5th July: To celebrate American Independence day, Karina Elias, beverage director at Grosvenor House Hotel picks 3 bottles to change your perception of American wines....

The independent on Sunday praises Crossroads: The Independent on Sunday’s Terry Kirby selected his wine of the week for Sunday lunch, Crossroads Winemakers Selection Cabernet Franc 2012. The wine is...

Olly Smith’s column this weekend featured three wines that are available through Great Western Wine – a fizz, a rosé and a red – what a hat trick! Olly was on board P&O Cruises’ new ship Britann...

Matthew Jukes recently posted this amazing review of Santadi’s Terre Brune 2010 for MoneyWeek. To summarise: “This is the finest red I have ever tasted from Sardinia and it is also my favourite Carig...

‘Top Red’ for Planeta Olly Smith, Mail Online, 31 January 2015: Last week Olly selected Planeta Santa Cecilia 2010 as his ‘Top Red’ in the Mail’s ‘Pick of the Bunch’ round up: “A red bursting with bl...

Victoria Moore followed up last week’s Telegraph article on Lebanon’s booming wine trade with a hand-picked selection of her favourite wines, including mentions of two from Great Western Wine’s Ixsir...

  The Telegraph | Hamish Anderson Wine tasting notes: 3 of the best Australian Cabernet Sauvignons Wine expert Hamish Anderson gives the Heartland Cab Sauv a great review in his latest article in...

The International Wine Challenge 2014 results have been released this week and here at GWW we're celebrating because we actually have more than last year. Below is a selection of wines that have take...

Leyda Syrah Reserva, Leyda Valley 2011 £9.95 A great write up from Peter Richards MW for my wine of the week. "What I love most about this wine is the way it combines amazing freshness with complexity...

The Observer - David Williams Heartland Stickleback Red, South Australia, 2009 Sumptuous but not overbearing red-fruited blend   The Guardian - Fiona Beckett Yealands Estate PGR 2013  Zippy fres...

Domaine de la Janasse Côtes du Rhône, France 2012 (£11.50, Great Western Wine) Another producer with a talent for making great wines at different prices is the never-less-than-superb Domaine de la Jan...

Terre de Granit, Saint Joseph, Domaine Guy Farge 2011 My wine of the week has a wonderful write up from Victoria Moore, and I'm so happy to have a parcel of this wine. “Bloody, blood good. And that's...