Wine: All roads lead to the Rhône

For Mick O’Connell, nowhere produces syrah quite like the northern Rhône

Chapel Saint-Christophe over Tain l'Hermitage, within the vineyards of the famous Croze-Hermitage. Picture: Getty

As views go, the ones from the chapel at the top of the hill of Hermitage are hard to beat. Below are Tain and the river Rhône, as well as the beautiful vineyards of Saint-Joseph, and the hospices belonging to Guigal.

We had driven down from Beaune that morning, then killed time trying and failing to find lunch in Beaujolais before stopping by a small producer, Sylvère Trichard of Séléné wines. He was nowhere to ...