Tipping's Tipples - Mike Tipping's weekly wine column

The best fizz for Mother's Day

Champagne Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque Brut 2004

12:20pm Saturday 2nd March 2013

It is said that mum knows best. This is certainly the case when it comes to knowing what she wants as a Mothers’ Day gift.

Odd fellows

11:05am Saturday 23rd February 2013

In Tipping’s Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING plays pick and mix with his wine selection.

White wines to go with trout

1:19pm Saturday 16th February 2013

In this week’s Tipping’s Tipples, MIKE TIPPING suggests three white wines that would go perfectly with trout

Fizz for love

12:02pm Saturday 9th February 2013

In Tipping’s Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING picks three bottles of bubbly perfect for sharing with a loved one on St Valentine’s Day.

Three red wines perfect for Yorkshire pudding

11:26am Saturday 2nd February 2013

It’s officially Yorkshire Pudding Day tomorrow. Not that my mum ever needed an excuse to serve them up. Looking back to my childhood, we had Yorkshire puds with all manner of foods. I guess it was my mother’s way of filling up her four hollow-legged offspring.

Three hearty reds

12:10pm Saturday 26th January 2013

In Tipping’s Tipples, MIKE TIPPING looks back ten years and recommends three hearty reds all available online.

White wines perfect for a crisp January

1:21pm Saturday 19th January 2013

Here we are in January’s icy grip. I wager the fridge might not be the first place you head to for vinous refreshment. However, a nicely chilled flavoursome white wine could be just the thing to remind you of warmer days to come.

Three Bergerac wines that are anything but “poor”

11:02am Saturday 12th January 2013

It is not original to label Bergerac wines “the poor man’s claret”. Nor is it original, or funny, to make reference to the fictional detective of the same name when writing about the wines of the region.

Three wine recommendations from South Africa

9:10am Saturday 5th January 2013

SO THAT was Christmas. The decorations are coming down and it has just taken two of us to carry the glass recycling box to the front of the house.

12 wines for Christmas

7:42am Saturday 15th December 2012

I HAVE been searching for a festive intro for this Tipping’s Tipples extended Yuletide special.

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