The Club O Collection is home to reviews of the very finest wines and spirits, sampled by specialist critics in premium tastings, exclusively for Club Oenologique.
Tim Atkin MW says it’s high time that Rioja is taken as seriously as the likes of Bordeaux and Burgundy as a fine-wine region – and he’s picked 12 great bottles to prove his point
Colin Hampden-White picks out some of the rarest, most jaw-dropping whiskies he's ever had the chance to enjoy – as sampled at a once-a-year London event for high-end collectors
Burgundy’s 2019 vintage has been well received by the critics – but as ever, the top-rated wines are as expensive as they are hard to find. Sarah Marsh MW picks out a host of under-the-radar gems to seek out from less exalted producers and villages
It has gained a reputation as the best value non-vintage Champagne, but Charles Heidsieck’s Brut Réserve has a complex backstory. As a special edition of the wines is released, Essi Avellan MW delves into its past and present, and reviews the latest bottlings
They're an increasingly dynamic part of the whisky world, but what exactly are independent bottlers and what should we expect from the whiskies they create? We profile one fine example
An astonishing tasting of every vintage ever produced of Champagne Pommery’s prestige cuvée – both white and rosé – kept Fredrik Schelin entranced
The Hillside Select is one of California's great wines - a mighty, perfumed Cabernet capable of phenomenal ageing. Adam Lechmere goes back to the beginning
A comparison of recently disgorged Champagnes with their original counterparts held Essi Avellan MW spellbound
If you cellared these vintages, you’re on to a winner – even the much-maligned 2004 has mellowed remarkably
16th generation Jean-Louis Chave returns to his roots, reviving the modest family holdings in Hermitage where his ancestors first tended vines 500 years ago