What does Austrian wine conjure up to you? Cold weather, tall bottles and grapes you can’t pronounce? (Rotgipfler I’m looking at you) At this point...

  We think of Champagne as one region and one particularly delicious style of wine, invented by a certain monk a few centuries past. Quaffed...

A late spring visit to the Champagne region is often full of tension: will there be a late spring frost that kills many of the...

  Grenache – is this the world’s most under-valued and overlooked grape? Chances are you’ve been guzzling Grenache for some time in blissful (yes, that...

Alentejo, the vast region that accounts for a third of all Portugal’s land mass is having a moment. It’s had glorious moments in the past:...

April is Portuguese Wine month at The Good Wine Shop – a very welcome chance to share our enthusiasm for the amazing variety, quality and...

Saying Auf Wiedersehen to the bag, gallop on a thoroughbred, visit the seaside and discover why Germany is usurping Burgundy. If I had just a...

One of the great joys of working with The Good Wine Shop is the constant stream of new wines landing on our shelves – never...

Please note all the wines mentioned are available to buy from us. Those without links are available in store or to order via contact@thegoodwineshop.co.uk where...