Alcohol levels of this week’s wines are all 13% or above

Despite all the words this page has expended on a myriad of wines, the reason we are interested is because they all have one thing in common — “the power to banish care”.

This quotation is from the great Hugh Johnson who will be appearing at the Ballymaloe LitFest on May 21.

It is almost considered impolite to talk about alcohol in wine but it is a crucial contributing factor to texture and flavour.