Matthew Jukes
Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.
Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.
He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.
Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’. He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner.
Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.
Latest articles by Matthew Jukes
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Wine of the week: a game-changing red from the Douro Valley
Reviews Winemaker Matt Gant has weaved some magic with the wild, swarthy red grapes found in Portugal's Douro Valley.
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Three epic Châteauneuf-du-Papes
Reviews This estate Châteauneuf and its two siblings are quite simply the finest releases from this much overrated appellation.
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Wine of the week: the otherworldly silkiness of Japanese koshu
Reviews Japan’s koshu grape is a hard one to love, but this fascinating wine has an otherworldly silkiness, says Matthew Jukes.
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Wine of the week: an utter stunner from Germany
Reviews This German pinot noir balances resplendent mid-palate fruit density with a sonorous aroma and a cool, long finish.
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Wine of the week: a breathtaking, lip-smacking gewürz
Reviews This Alsatian gewürz is the quintessential definition of the grape in crystalline, liquid, dreamy form.
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Wine of the week: a bafflingly sublime syrah from New Zealand
Reviews No other wine from this challenging vintage comes close to this syrah, says Matthew Jukes – it shines out like a beacon
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Wine of the week: a super-smooth and mesmerising shiraz
Reviews Buy this incredible, mesmerising shiraz and help rebuild Australia's fire-ravaged wine country.
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Wine of the week: a superb red from Georgia
Features This fruit-packed bottle is the first Georgian wine Matthew Jukes has recommended in 33 years.
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Wine of the week: Kiwi sauvignon blanc is back on track
Features This New Zealand sauvignon blanc is a serious, handsome, angular creation that harks back to the great wine of the Loire Valley.
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Wine of the week: a perfect Champers for New Year’s Eve
Features 2013 Ayala, Le Blanc de Blancs This amazing wine works perfectly as a stunning New Year’s Eve Champagne recommendation.
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A Christmas gift for the family wine-lover
Features 2013 Brolo dei Giusti This wine is the perfect Christmas gift for the trickiest and most well-informed wine-lovers among your friends.
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The top festive tipples
Features MoneyWeek wine columnist Matthew Jukes rounds up the best wines for your Christmas meals.
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A thrilling sem-sauv blend
Features 2018 Aristea sauvignon blanc/semillon This sem/sauv blend from Bordeaux walks the tightrope between lush fruit and dramatic acidity with rare precision.
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A textbook Tuscan beauty
Features 2016 Chianti Classico, Casaloste This textbook Tuscan beauty boasts an abundance of unexpected flavour dimensions.
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Three epic Aussie reds
Features 2015 Majella Matthew Jukes returns from a trip to Australia full of praise for these three cabernet/shiraz blends.
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Wine of the week: a sensational red from Minervois
Features 2016 Château Maris This sensationally well-balanced wine not only challenges the greats from Minervois, but from the northern Rhône, too.
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An impressive and charming thoroughbred
Features 2018 Fleurie, La Roilette Grab a case of this pedigree specimen and you will be amazed at the breeding on display.
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A delicious, complex blend from Portugal
Features 2017 Quinta da Fonte Souto This is a delicious, finely textured, fruits-of-the-forest-style wine with amazing freshness and vibrancy.
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A wondrous dry white wine
Features 2018 G de Château Guiraud This wondrous dry wine triggered widespread adulation at one of Matthew Jukes' recent Bordeaux dinners.
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A zany, paradigm-shifting creation
Features NV Bolé, Spumante BiancoThis terrific Italian sparkler has a Prosecco-style fizz, but with a knockout flavour and an awful lot more to hang onto.
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A sensational Aussie chardonnay
Features 2018 Payten & Jones For the price of a dodgy bottle of Chablis you can drink this sensational, pristine, pin-point accurate beauty, says Matthew Jukes.
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A startling revelation from Aldi
Features NV Veuve Monsigny This well-packaged Champagne, with its insultingly low price point, is a genuine revelation.
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Two ground-breaking South African creations
Features 2018 Jessica Saurwein Chi Riesling An invigorating dry riesling that's a citrus lightning strike on your senses, and a one of South Africa's most refined and floral pinots.
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Wine of the week: a vital and perfectly flavoured Menetou
Features 2017 Menetou-SalonYou are guaranteed to be amazed at the energy and pristine freshness of this wine, says Matthew Jukes.
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