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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The cosmic pleasures of Sauternes
Features 2010 Château Raymond-Lafon This sensational Sauternes is a total and utter screaming bargain, says Matthew Jukes.
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A life-changing furmint
Features 2016 Garten Eden This producer stands out as making the finest wines from the furmint grape that I have ever tasted, says Matthew Jukes.
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A delicate and impossibly elegant chardonnay
Features 2017 Hamilton Russell VineyardsThis is pure, pale, innocent and yet firmly structured on the palate and incredibly long, says Matthew Jukes.
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Six of the best French wines you need to try now
Features Forget all the awards Yapp Brothers has amassed over the years, says Matthew Jukes. Their wines, such as these, represent some of the most important wineries in France.
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Three ambitious tipples from Spain
Features Three wines from the Pago de los Capellanes estate stood out from the crowd at the Wine from Spain annual tasting, says Matthew Jukes.
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A mesmerisingly delicious white Beaujolais
Features 2016 Beaujolais-Villages BlancThis unique white Beaujolais is a delicate succulent chardonnay dressed in a diaphanous shift of subtle oak, says Matthew Jukes.
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The people’s choice of Aussie sauvignon
Features 2014 Wakefield This cabernet sauvignon is a perfect example of just how downright delicious today’s Australian wines are, says Matthew Jukes.
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Your wines should not be predictable
Features The excellent team at Swig manage to unearth fascinating wines from all over the world, says Matthew Jukes. These are no exception.
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Two stunning and staggeringly serious sherries
Features Matthew Jukes tastes two sherries that he finds himself craving with unnerving regularity.
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Wine of the week: the essence of spring in a glass
Features This beguiling white is the standard-bearer for the Languedoc region, says Matthew Jukes.
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Utterly mesmerising wines from Elysian cellars
Features This Riesling will cast a spell on your palate like nothing you have ever tasted before, says Matthew Jukes.
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An elite and indulgent shiraz
Features The 2014 Mitolo is no headbanger, says Matthew Jukes. But it is a frighteningly indulgent wine.
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Exciting wine to start the year, as chosen by Matthew Jukes
Features Matthew Jukes kicks off the MoneyWeek Wine Club's year with a visit to Haynes Hanson & Clark, one of the UK’s most quietly influential wine merchants, and picks six elegant and refined wines for you to savour.
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The new French Revolution is coming – prepare your palate
Features The more vocal châteaux, from the less starry communes of Bordeaux, are finding their voices, says Matthew Jukes.
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Be the first in Britain to bag these liquid-gold gems
Features Buy these show-stopping wines and blow your mind in the most elegant way imaginable, says Matthew Jukes.
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A futuristic and memorable German red
Features Expect this cool, slippery, startlingly attractive style of relatively light red wine to catch on here, says Matthew Jukes.
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A beautiful chardonnay with lissom curves
Features If you only buy one 2016 white Burgundy, says Matthew Jukes – make sure it is this one.
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A fitting finale for this year’s columns
Features Matthew Jukes picks a perfect South African red with which to round off the year.
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Introducing the MoneyWeek Wine Club: The perfect celebration wine selection
Features What great fortune to launch our MoneyWeek Wine Club in December, when we load up with vinous treasures for our Christmas and New Year festivities.
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A great accompaniment to the Christmas goose
Features Matthew Jukes picks a chardonnay fit to be served at your festive feast.
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Six wines for the Christmas table
Features Matthew Jukes tips his favourite festive tipples to see you through Christmas.
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Gertie makes for thrilling and engaging company
Features Gertie is as vital and engaging as any cab franc I have ever tasted, says Matthew Jukes.
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A celestial beauty steps into the light
Features Domaine Naturaliste will make you reconsider syrah from the Margaret River, says Matthew Jukes.
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An unoaked beauty with impeccable curves
Features Creation is a flamboyant temptress that just about keeps both feet on the floor, says Matthew Jukes.
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