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Category Archives: Wine Tastings
Jura Week 3 – Fête du Biou at Vadans
The Fête du Biou is a rather special festival at harvest time in the Jura Region. It takes place in Arbois on the first Sunday in September, with a smaller version in Pupillin on the third Sunday. What is much … Continue reading
Posted in Jura, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Biou Ceremony, Fète du Biou, Jura, Jurawine, Marcel Hendrickx, Vadans
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Jura Week 2 – Hughes-Béguet
If Domaine de la Tournelle has now established itself firmly among the top names in Arbois, Domaine Hughes-Béguet is one of a select band of young producers who will one day gain similar recognition. Patrice gave up a job as … Continue reading
Jura Week 1 – Domaine de la Tournelle
I’ve just got home from my annual Jura trip. For the past three years I’ve visited the region around harvest time. It’s a chance to see what the current vintage is like. It’s less easy to visit busy producers, but … Continue reading
A Crush on You
When I wrote about the Red Squirrel portfolio tasting the other day, I promised to devote another piece entirely to the wonderful Okanagan Crush Pad. I think most of us are probably au fait with what the concept of a crush pad … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alberto Antonini, British Columbia Wine, Canadian Wine, Christine Coletta, Haywire Cannonview Pinot Noir, Haywire Free Form White, Haywire Switchback Pinot Gris, Haywire White Label Gamay, Matt Dumayne, Narrative Ancient Method 2013, Okanagan Crush Pad, Okanagan Valley, Steve Lornie
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It’s GGs and Reds Time Again
Howard Ripley’s tastings are always a contrast to many of the other Autumn events on the calendar. First of all, you can guarantee sedate surroundings, this time in the Pensions Room at Gray’s Inn, tucked behind High Holborn and the … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ayler Schonfels, Carl von Schubert, Donnhoff, German Red Wines 2014, Goldtropfchen, Grosse Gewachse 2015, Hermansholle GG, Howard Ripley, Jaspis Pinot Noir 2013, JJ Prum 2015, Julian Haart, Keller Hubacker, Klaus Peter Keller, Maximin Grunhaus, Maximin Grunhauser Spatburgunder 2014, Niederberg Helden, Peter Lauer, Schloss Lieser, Spätburgunder 2014, Thomas Haag, Ziereisen
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Nuts in Farringdon
Many readers will know of 67 Pall Mall. It’s a members club for lovers of fine wine. On the edge of the City, on Farringdon Street, under Holborn Viaduct in the arches long ago occupied by Oddbins’ Fine Wine shop … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Arnold Holzer, Bellwether Wines Coonawarra, Bioweingut Diwald, Champagne A Levasseur, Chateau Combel-la-Serre Cahors, Chateau L'Argentier Sommières, Dal Zotto King Valley, De Kleine Wijn Koöp, Eschenhof Holzer, Großriedenthal Wagram, Martin Diwald, Okanagan Crush Pad, Pasaeli, Pure Malbec, Red Squirrel Wines, Seyit Karagözoglu, Tim Manning, Turkish Wines, Valdonica Maremma, Winemakers Club Tasting Venue
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Keeping My Chinato Up
I have a mate called Warren. Some of you may know him. He’s the guy who organises the occasional Spice Oddities spin-off we have at the India Club on The Strand, and the Fish ‘n Fino lunches at Masters’ near … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Italian Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Tastings
Tagged Cantina Tresecoli, Castello di Tagliolo, Chinato, Chinensis, food and wine, Iranian Cuisine, L'In...chino, Pardis Restaurant, Persian Cuisine, Piemonte Wine Specialities, Quaquarini, Sestario, Valdespino Quina, wine lunches
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Solent
Elderflower Restaurant, on the cobbled street leading to Lymington Quay, is gaining a very good reputation under chef Andrew Du Bourg (previously Head Chef at Chewton Glen and Club Gascon) and wife Marjolaine. They provided the canapés and crudités for … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alion 2011, Andrew Du Bourg, Anselmo Mendes Alvarinho Contacto, Casa Belfi Prosecco Colfondo, Chateau Cibonne Tentations, Cherubino Fiano, Clos Cibonne, Coume del Mas Banyuls, Domaine Treloar, Elderflower Lymington, Eschenhof Holzer Blauer Zweigelt, Foillard Cote du Py, Foillard Morgon, Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Spatlese Auction 2002, Jon Hesford, Lymington, One Block Grenache, One Block Muscat, Pascal Jolivet Sancerre Rouge Sauvage, Rachel Treloar, Raveneau Montée de Tonnerre 2004, Roederer Cristal 2007, Saladini Pilastri Falerio, Solent Cellar, South African Touriga Nacional, Tahi, Terre Promise, Thorle Spatburgunder, Treloar Three Peaks, Vasco and the Explorers, Verveine Fish Restaurant, Villa Marcello Prosecco
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 