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Category Archives: Premium Spirits
Celebration
Occasionally a group of wines come together where each and every one is of astonishing quality. Most people expect to assemble a great selection for a significant birthday, anniversary or other special event. Actually, birthdays in our house are more … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Champagne, Fine Wine, Jura, Languedoc-Roussillon, Premium Spirits, Spirits, Wine
Tagged Arbois Spéciale 1988 Rolet, Armagnac Darroze Unique Collection, Bas-Armagnac Château de Gaube 1971, Bérêche Campania Remensis 2013, Berthet-Bondet, Capovilla Grappa, Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Macle, Champagne Bérêche, Champagne Ulysse Collin "Maillons", Château-Chalon, Coteaux de Sézanne Champagne, Distillato di Pesche Saturno Capovilla, Domaine Granges des Pères 2006, Domaine Rolet Arbois, Domaine Weinbach Alsace, Grappa, Laurent Vaillé Aniane, Olivier Collin, Peach Grappa, Raphaël Bérêche, Riesling Cuvée Théo, Théo Faller
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Invivo – Spirit of Vienna
During my last visit to Vienna a friend asked me if I wanted to arrange a spirits tasting with a relatively new distiller in the city, but my diary was completely full. As recompense we tasted through part of the … Continue reading
Late January back in Se-ven-teen
I’m chanelling “Oh What a Night” (The Four Seasons)…Not December 1963, but still “What a Very Special Time for Me, As I Remember, What a Night”. If you know the song, that’s what it felt like. I rarely write about … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Fine Wine, Premium Spirits, Rum, Sherry, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Alois Kracher, Arnold Holzer, Austrian Botrytis Wine, Austrian Skin Contact Wine, Bota de Palo Cortado 62, Burgenland Sweet Wine, Chateau-Chalon 1999, Chateau-Chalon Granges Bernard, Chevassu-Fassenet, Denis Chevassu, Equipo Navazos, Equipo Navazos Ron Bota 65, Equipo Navazos Sherry Jerez, Eschenhof Holzer The Orange 2013, Hermitage La Chapelle 1998, Illmitz Wine, Jaboulet La Chapelle 1998, Kracher, Kracher Nouvelle Vague, La Fromagerie Comté, La Fromagerie London Cheesemonger, Marie-Pierre Chevassu-Fassenet, Piper-Heidsieck Rare 2002, Red Squirrel Wine Agency, Roter Veltliner, Seewinkel Sweet Wine, tarte tatin wine match, Traminer TbA 2004, Wagram
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 