May 27, 2017
3 min

The wine list at St. John

Photograph courtesy of St. John. An edited version of this article was originally published in Issue 14 of Root + Bone Magazine. A...

Simon Reilly

May 21, 2017
5 min

A day in the life of a wine judge

Last month I had the privilege of doing my first day’s judging for the IWC (International Wine Challenge). I was only able to do one day...

Simon Reilly

May 1, 2017
3 min

How to plant a vineyard in England

This year it is estimated that up to one million new vines will be planted in the UK. Meanwhile, heavy frost hit vineyards across many...

Simon Reilly

May 1, 2017
6 min

Freed from buying by the dozen

An edited version of this article was first published on JancisRobinson.com on Wedensday, 26th April, 2017. The way I buy wine has...

The wonderful wines of Fabbrica Di San Martino

Simon Reilly

Mar 28, 2017
4 min

The wonderful wines of Fabbrica Di San Martino

I sneaked out of the office early yesterday to attend the 6th Vaults Tasting at the Winemakers Club in Farringdon. I say sneaked out, but...

Simon Reilly

Mar 5, 2017
3 min

WINE ON TAP

This article was originally published in Issue 13 of ROOT + BONE magazine in March 2017. Illustration courtesy of Rob Gavin. Check out...

Simon Reilly

Mar 5, 2017
7 min

A sweaty Sunday in Sydenham

You know when you enter a room and you realise you're wearing too many clothes? It's cold outside so they've pumped up the heat inside....

Simon Reilly

Feb 4, 2017
5 min

St John's Vignerons Lunch

Last month I spent a most enjoyable Saturday afternoon at St John’s restaurant in Smithfield. Through my good friends at Root + Bone...

A couple of wines from the 1990's and other tales of a misspent youth

Simon Reilly

Jan 22, 2017
4 min

A couple of wines from the 1990's and other tales of a misspent youth

“Sign of a misspent youth”, a phrase heard most often as someone pots the black to win an unlikely game of pool in the pub. I spent a...

Simon Reilly

Jan 15, 2017
7 min

Burgundy 2015 on a budget

Last week was one of the the busiest in the London wine calendar. There were more than 20 trade and public tastings of the newly released...

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ABOUT WINELOON

My name is Simon Reilly. I am a wine writer based in South East London. I am passionate about discovering new and exciting wines which offer value for money. I write about the wines I taste and other related wine stuff that I think is interesting, brilliant or annoying.

My aim is to write about wine in a straight forward way that is accessible to everyone.

I have had my writing published in Root+Bone magazine, Root + Vine, Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, Glass of Bubbly and Decanter.

I have been shortlisted for a few awards for my writing; the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards 2017 in the "Emerging Writer" category and the 2017 Millesima Wine Blog Awards in the "Wine Reporter" category.

I also came second in the Born Digital Wine Awards 2017 in the "Best Investigative/Journalistic Wine Story" category.

One of these days I might win one, but as an Aberdeen FC fan, these days I am happy enough with second place. Stand Free.

The wine list at St. John

A day in the life of a wine judge

How to plant a vineyard in England

Freed from buying by the dozen

The wonderful wines of Fabbrica Di San Martino

WINE ON TAP

A sweaty Sunday in Sydenham

St John's Vignerons Lunch

A couple of wines from the 1990's and other tales of a misspent youth

Burgundy 2015 on a budget

ABOUT WINELOON

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