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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2021 Akitu: New Zealand’s finest “white” pinot noir
Reviews Act without delay to secure this enchanting Kiwi white – there is nothing like it on earth
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2021 Château La Mascaronne rosé: a work of art from Provence
Reviews This wine soars above all others with its grace, refinement and impressively long finish
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Bordeaux En Primeur 2021 vintage: a triumphant year
Reviews The Bordeaux region has produced some exquisite wines in spite of Mother Nature, says Matthew Jukes.
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Wine of the week: two cunning Australian blends
Reviews Matthew Jukes tastes a pair of gorgeous Australian reds – a fruity shiraz mixed with glossy zibibbo, and a three-way combo of montepulciano, nero d’Avola and barbera.
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A secret list of beauties for your cellar
Reviews Matthew Jukes looks at the offering from Swains, a stunning new wine shop by Hampstead Heath
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2019 Bila-Haut: a tremendously juicy and spicy fellow
Reviews This hearty red is tremendously juicy and spicy with a wicked price tag.
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2020 Tapanappa: a trio of tremendous whites
Reviews Well-balanced and not too exuberant nor expressive, this is a finely tuned and deliciously mesmerising creation.
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2020 Crozes-Hermitage Rouge: an exquisite and evocative French syrah
Reviews This expressive syrah is as aromatic and evocative as many wines twice the price.
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2017 Quinta da Leda: Vinous epiphanies from Portugal
Reviews These magnificent wines are a tenth of the price of Barca-Velha, but they lack nothing in passion, build-quality, epic skill and deliciousness.
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2018 Petit Verdot by Belle-Vue: an enthralling wine from Bordeaux
Reviews This petit verdot is a thoroughly modern wine with a profound flavour that imprints a unique signature on your taste buds.
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Wine of the week: a superstar Beaujolais with depth and elegance
Reviews This awesome red combines the fruit clarity of Beaujolais and the profound depth and elegance of superstar winemaker Jean-Marc Burgaud’s top Cru wines.
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A sophisticated trio of scintillating whites
Reviews An Australian sauvignon blanc that is as sophisticated and refreshing as any Loire superstar’s creation, plus a chardonnay and shiraz, too.
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Wine of the week: two very fine Bordeaux blends
Reviews If you’re looking to keep the cash under control while drinking world-class wines this month, then look no further than these fine Bordeaux blends.
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2018 Beeslaar: a simply perfect pinotage
Reviews This the most attractive pinotage I have ever tasted: clean, fresh and structured and with more layers than a millefeuille.
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Wine of the week: Farvie’s “difficult second album” is a triumph
Reviews These wines taste like nothing else on earth – you simply must have some in your cellar.
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2015 Château Laforge: an absolute stunner at Aldi
Reviews This is one of the knockout clarets of the year – and at just shy of 20 quid I would load up with as much as your car's suspension will allow.
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2018 Littorai: snap up this soon-to-be legendary Californian pinot
Reviews This is the most beautifully thought through, carefully judged, respectfully oaked and finely tuned red wine.
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2007 Quinta do Noval: a simply perfect tawny port
Reviews This is without doubt the most sensational tawny port I have ever tasted, says Matthew Jukes. And it is drinking perfectly right now.
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2019 The Society's Exhibition Crozes-Hermitage: a stunning red with heart and soul
Reviews This incredible Exhibition Crozes-Hermitage combines an utterly sensational taste with a thoroughly competitive price tag.
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2016 Roda I Reserva: this cosmic creation was well worth the wait
Reviews From the epic nose to the depth of flavour, everything about this 2016 Rioja is astounding.
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2020 Soalheiro: the finest Vinho Verde I have ever tasted
Reviews This exquisitely expressive, top-of-the-range wine is a true epicurean’s delight.
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2020 Lirac Blanc: a heavenly and exotic white
Reviews Invite this keenly priced, smooth, detailed and refreshing white Lirac into your repertoire
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2017 Sino da Romaneira: a thrilling wine at a thoroughly reasonable price
Reviews A pure and sonorous Portuguese wine with immediate charm and drinkability.
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2016 Áster: an impeccably balanced Ribera
Reviews This is one of the most expressive old vine Riberas I have tasted, and at a remarkable price, too.
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