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 world-class sparkler from Dorset
Features This wine is an instant classic, says Matthew Jukes – a smooth, enticing, beautifully balanced number.
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Wine of the week: an epic Selvapiana with bravado and panache
Features A life-long Selvapiana fan, Matthew Jukes samples a tip off from a fellow wine scribe – and what a wine it turned out to be.
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Electrify your palate with this Txakoli
Features 2018 Flysch If you have yet to experience the palate-electrifying flavour of a Txakoli then you haven’t lived, says Matthew Jukes.
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A lively glass full of cricket-pitch cuttings
Features 2018 London CRU With a haunting perfume of elderflower and cricket-pitch cuttings, this scintillating Bacchus should be your go-to apero of the summer.
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Two beauties from the Cape
Features 2017 Thorne & Daughters These compelling yet delicate and savoury South African wines are fashioned from hearty raw materials.
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This incredible elixir is simply the best
Features 2016 Soul Growers El Mejor This deliciously carnal creature boasts incredible intensity and fabulous, ululating tannins.
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A perfect sauvignon blanc
Features 2017 Blanc Fumé de Pouilly The cosmic balance and inescapable magic of this sauvignon blanc made it a perfect 20/20 in my tasting notes, says Matthew Jukes.
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A low-brow but delicious Beaujolais
Features 2018 Beaujolais-Lantignié I cannot think of a young Beaujolais I have enjoyed more than this, says Matthew Jukes.
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A five-star pinot noir from New Zealand
Features 2016 Mt Difficulty This is one of the finest wines made in New Zealand and I cannot recommend it highly enough, says Matthew Jukes.
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A terrific slightly pink sparkler from Sussex
Features 2015 Rathfinny The terrific, pale hue of this utterly delicious Sussex sparkler catches you unawares
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A daring red for the summer barbie
Features 2015 CVNE Imperial Reserva This mellow and complex red is perfect for a summer barbecue – or an autumnal game dish, a wintry beef stew, or a succulent spring lamb.
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An insanely well-made Kiwi sauvignon
Features 2018 Te Whare Ra This staggeringly delicious New Zealand white is insanely well-made with bitingly fresh fruit and laser-driven accuracy on the palate.
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A uniquely delicious Aussie shiraz
Features Made by one of the most sought-after wineries in Australia, this is a succulent, sensual shiraz, says Matthew Jukes.
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A commanding and enchanting syrah from South Africa
Features 2015 Kleinood This dramatic, spicy wine is stuffed with the flavours of mountainside fruit.
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A thrilling dry white to serve with seafood
Features 2017 Les Clos de Paulilles The sea-shell freshness in this young, dry white wine makes it quite unlike any other.
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Kent’s epic chardonnay sparkler
Features 2014 Chapel Down This English sparkling wine is a grand wine with an expansive flavour and terrific potential, says Matthew Jukes.
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A sensational Spanish red
Features 2016 Viñas de Gain This sensational Spanish red sums up in one bottle everything I love about tempranillo, says Matthew Jukes.
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A pair of beauties from the Cape
Features The 2018 Kottabos is not a typical Cape red in that it is leaner, more fragrant and kindlier on the palate, says Matthew Jukes.
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A top-flight English sparkler
Features What I like so much about this relative newcomer is that the wines from the brand are perfectly ready to drink from the off, says Matthew Jukes.
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A delicious Burgundy with a keen price tag
Features 2015 MercureyThis delicious Mercurey captures the splendour of the famous 2015 Burgundy vintage, with layers of pinot noir fruit and lustiness.
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These three Portuguese wines are sheer heaven
Features 2015 Niepoort This series of Niepoort wines left Matthew Jukes reeling with delight.
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Modern classics you must try this month
Features For his April selections for the MoneyWeek wine club, Matthew Jukes has picked three whites and three reds – each with touches of classicism, balanced carefully with a modern sheen.
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A winemaker with a magician’s touch
Features 2017 Barbera d’Alba This incredible new Italian red shows the lip-smacking nebbiolo grape off to the highest standard.
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Truly groundbreaking wines from China
Features 2017 Château Changyu Moser XV This bright, clean and refreshing Chinese white is unlike any other wine in the world.
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