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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Wines to really impress your guests
Features For his March selections, Matthew Jukes has picked six perfect dinner-party wines that should have gastronomes in seventh heaven. Pick up a mixed case to taste them, then buy a case of your favourites!
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A pair of powerful and regal Kiwi reds
Features 2016 Craggy Range Matthew Jukes tastes two epic reds from New Zealand's Gimblett Gravels wine growing area.
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Don’t judge this spectacular champers by its label
Features 2002 Lanson This tour de force from Lanson proves one should keep an open mind and not rely on labels for instruction.
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Three magical, obscenely good value Rieslings
Features 2017 Wiltinger The 2017 Rieslings from von Kesselstatt are true vinous magic and all obscenely good value for money.
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This syrah will blow you away
Features 2015 Elephant Hill Syrah This tremendous New Zealand Syrah will blow you away with its magical flavours, says Matthew Jukes.
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You don’t have to spend a fortune to have a good time
Features For his February selections, Matthew Jukes picks six great value Burgundies from top-flight specialist Haynes Hanson & Clark. Three whites from 2017 and three older, more mellow reds; all drinking now.
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The finest village Chablis I have ever tasted
Features 2017 ChablisBoudin’s calm, bright and evocative 2017 Chablis is bottled and on the shelves so you can drink this stunning value wine right now.
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A flabbergastingly good Tuscan
Features 2015 Rosso di MontalcinoThis is a spectacular mini-Brunello in every single respect, says Matthew Jukes – including the price.
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Start 2019 as you mean to go on
Features Last year’s collection of MoneyWeek Wine Club wines certainly pricked the interest of a large number of wine-keen readers and this year I am kicking off the set with a phenomenal collection of wintry reds from the peerless Lea & Sandeman palate.
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The finest sparkling rose of the year
Features 2007 Billecart-Salmon Everything about this wine is mesmerising, says Matthew Jukes.
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A mind-expanding, monumental port
Features 2012 Quinta do Noval This is an astounding wine with nobility and showmanship in every molecule.
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Six wines for the Christmas table
Features A round-up of the best tipples for the season by MoneyWeek wine columnist Matthew Jukes.
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A stunning shiraz for my 100 Best Roadshow
Features 2016 Teusner This Aussie red explodes out of the glass with as much gusto and impact as you could possibly imagine.
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Your Christmas entertaining, sorted!
Features Matthew Jukes' December selection represents all of the flavours you need to get your Christmas and New Year entertaining schedule off to a wondrous start.
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Go gaga for this Rioja
Features 2008 Viña Ardanza Uncork this stupendous Rioja and you'll be in for a very exciting time, says Matthew Jukes.
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A rare and intriguing cinsault
Features 2017 Arco Laarman This startlingly bright and clear South African wine has the purest of all cinsault flavours.
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Amazing grace
Features 2016 Mâcon-Chardonnay The fruit, oak and acidity of this wine are in delightful harmony – discreetly rich while retaining a clean, crisp finish.
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A seductive South American red
Features 2016 Colomé This Argentinian Malbec will show you what a genuinely seductive and accurate big red should taste like, says Matthew Jukes.
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Epic flavours that don’t cost the earth
Features For his November selection of wines, Matthew Jukes has picked six bottles that will set you up for the crazy season and beyond with epic flavours which don’t cost the earth.
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A mind-blowingly sensual Spanish red
Features 2015 La Dama This sensational Spanish red possesses elemental power and uncommon grace, says Matthew Jukes.
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This rosé blew me away
Features 2016 AristeaThis South African sparkler is a world-class rosé and stunning value to boot, says Matthew Jukes.
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An exploration of fantastic French wines
Features Matthew Jukes picks six French wines from some of the most famous regions, styles and wineries in the world, from as little as £9 a bottle.
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A groundbreaking Italian red
Features 2013 TignanelloThis stylish Italian red offers super-suave tannins and dreamy fruit, says Matthew Jukes.
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An exceptional roussanne
Features 2017 DeMorgenzon, Roussanne This standout wine shows crystalline freshness and a deep, resonant palate.
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