Latest articles from Mike Tipping
Considers carmenères, but forget the curry
Mike Tipping considers three carmenères - and suggests you forget the curry.
Spotlight on Chilean winemaker Alejandro Galaz
Mike Tipping meets up with Chilean winemaker Alejandro Galaz for a talk and a taste.
Musing on minerals
I decided that this week I’d highlight wines that had mineral flavours. “Minerals,” I blurted out at the dinner table. “I’ll write about minerals this week”. My suggestion was met with derision.
A trio of bargains from Waitrose
May Day celebrations in this fair isle do not lend themselves to wine. Morris dancers drink beer or cider and Maypole dancers drink orange squash.
Getting hot with wines
Which wine should you serve when things start getting hot? Now there’s an ambiguous question if ever I posed one.
Non-French fizz for a forthcoming wedding of some note
I received an e-mail last week asking me to suggest a few bottles of fizz. It was from a woman who is getting hitched at the end of month. She wanted something suitable to give to guests on arrival at the reception.
Wines to accompany Easter lamb
Easter is just around the corner. With that in mind, I considered suggesting wines to go with chocolate, but I can’t help thinking that is a bad idea.
Wines to accompany asparagus
Sparrowgrass, I just love the folky name for asparagus, it sounds like a Tolkien character. I love to eat it too, as long as it is very fresh and paired with a good white wine.