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Category Archives: Wine
Sherry Baby (Pizarro Sherry Lunch)
At least once a year the treat of a Sherry-focused lunch comes around, and I’m sure some of you have read tales from our “Fish & Fino” lunches in the past. This week we went to Pizarro, one of José … Continue reading
Posted in Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Amontillado, Amontillado 30-y-o Bodegas Tradicion, Antique Oloroso Fernando de Castilla, Berry Brothers Sherry Bottlings, Equipo Navazos, Fino, Inocente Fino Valdespino, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Amontillado 37, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 59, La Bota de Palo Cortado 72 "Pata de Gallina", La Gitana Aniversario Hidalgo, Lustau Palo Cortado Almacenista Vides, Manzanilla, Montilla-Moriles, Old & Plus Oloroso Romate, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro-Ximenez Grape, Pizarro Bermondsey, PX Grown in Jerez, Sanlucar, Sherry, Sherry Lunch, Solera Fundacion 1830 PX Navarro, Spanish Restaurants London, Tio Pepe Una Palma, Very Old Sherry, Ximenez-Spinola Medium Old Harvest
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Les Vignes Retrouvées – The Story of Plaimont
If you remember the commercial wines of the Plaimont Co-operative in France’s Gers Region from back in the 1980s (okay, well maybe your parents drank them), when Colombard made in almost a New World style hit our shelves in the … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Arrufiac, Chateau de Sabazan, Dr Jamie Goode, Dubosc 1, Gers Wines, Gros Manseng, Le Faite Wine, Les Vignes Retrouvees, Madiran, Manseng Noir Plaimont, Morenoa, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, Pedebernade 5, Petit Courbu, Pinenc, Plaimont Blending Masterclass, Plaimont Producteurs, Plaimont Tasting London 2018, Prephylloxera Vines, Saint Mont, Saint Mont "1871" Cuvee, Southwest France Wines, Tannat, Tardif Grape Variety Experiment, Westbury Communications
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The Power…and the Glory – Australia Day Tasting, London 2018
I hadn’t been to the annual ADT event in London for a few years and coming back to it didn’t really feel like being away. Crowded (okay, really popular), quite hot (an issue for some of the red wines, with … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged ADT, Australia Day Tasting, Australian Wine, Cherubino Laissez Faire Range, Clonakilla Canberra, Dal Zotto King Valley, David Franz, David Knott, Enotria and Coe at ADT, Flor Marché, Garagiste Mornington Peninsula, Henschke Julius Riesling, House of Arras, Jeffrey Grosset, Koerner Clare Valley, Kooyong, Larry Cherubino, LAS Vino, Liberty Wines at ADT, McWilliams Mount Pleasant, Pizzini, SC Pannell, Spunk Nat, Ten Minutes By Tractor, The Knotted Vine
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Ozgundy 2016 (16 January 2018)
This is the time of year when London is awash with Burgundy Tastings as all the agents wheel out their portfolios for the newly bottled vintage, 2016 in this case. There is a lot of positive noise from those who … Continue reading
First Impressions (Two Very Different Wines)
People often say first impressions are important. Many people are quite happy to make important decisions based on first impressions, and it pays to be aware of that in our own lives. The same is the case for wine. So … Continue reading
Wines of the Year (2017)
I recently read the view of an esteemed wine editor that they are not keen on listing their “wines of the year” because they like to enjoy what is good about every wine they drink. I can agree with that … Continue reading
Posted in Wine
Tagged Bodega Can Ramon, Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 1988, Claus Preisinger Puszta Libre, Clos Cibonne Tibouren, Clos Lentiscus, Domaine des Bodines, Domaine des Miroirs, Domaine Sogga Obuse Nagano Japan, Equipo Navazos Palo Cortado Bota 75, Kenjiro and Mayumi Kagami, Meinklang Graupert Zweigelt 2013, Melting Potes 2016 (De Moor), Peter Liem Champagne, Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 1996, Sumoll Ferestec Reserva Familia, Wines of the Year 2017
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Recent Wines (Winter 2017) #theglouthatbindsus
As we head for what in our case will be a welcome Christmas break (the usual pre-Christmas colds have reared their heads like the four horsemen this year), I thought I’d be totally predictable and forego a list of Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged Battaglino Roero Sergentin 2009, Cascina degli Ulivi Ivag 2015, Cauzon Blanco 2016, Kalkundkiesel Claus Preisinger, Madiran 2004 Chateau d'Aydie, Maxime Magnon Le Begou, Michael Wenzel Furmint Vogelsang 2014, Pheasant's Tears Poliphonia 417, Ramon Saavedra, Recent Wines, Suertes del Marques 7 Fuentes Tenerife
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 