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Category Archives: Wine
Out and About…Spa Treat…
Very few of the thousands of tourists who pack Borough Market on a Saturday know about what also lies to the south, still within the shadow of The Shard. But those who venture past Bermondsey Street and hit Druid Street … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged Bermondsey, Chateau Le Puy, Dynamic Vines, Gut Oggau, London Markets, Spa Terminus
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Bags, Kegs and other Prejudices
When I were a lad…the wine box was synonymous with pretty cheap wine. There was a name which sounded made up, what looked like cheap packaging, and a liquid not always likely to convert a young beer and whisky drinker … Continue reading
Beaujolais Just Got Serious
Well, it’s been that way for a while, but having participated in a very exciting Beaujolais dinner a few weeks ago (see post of 17 July) at The 10 Cases, we felt the need to explore some more of the … Continue reading
Posted in Beaujolais, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged #Bagnum, Andrew & Emma Nielsen, Beaujolais, Beaujolais Dinner, Du Grappin, Foillard, France Gonzalvez, J-F Ganevat, Jean-Louis Dutraive, Julie Balagny, Laurence & Remi Dufaitre, Le Grappin, Métras, Quality Chop House, The New Beaujolais
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In Pursuit of Vikings
Okay, I admit that very few readers are going to know this reference (it’s a song by Swedish melodic death metallers, Amon Amarth), but the Vikings, aside from the plunder and pillage reputation, were great explorers of the edges of … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Wine, Wine
Tagged Grower Champagne, natural wines, What to drink, Wine appreciation, Wine Exploration, Wine Trends, Wine's Outer Fringes
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Out and About
No posts for ten days, but not exactly slacking. I’ve been out and about buying too much wine (as usual), and I thought I’d share some of these with you. I’ve got a few things to write about in the … Continue reading
Ode to a different kind of Wine Shop
If you read my Mosel Bridge post you’ll know I spent a few days down there last week. Not quite as long as I’d have liked, but long enough to do the two things I wanted to do most: buy … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Mosel, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Travel
Tagged Bernkastel, Mosel Cycle Trail, Mosel Wine, Rieslinghaus, Taj Mahal Bernkastel, Weinhaus Porn
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Jolly, Beau and New, but no Nouveau
Last night a dozen devotees slipped into the air-conditioned private room at 10 Cases in Covent Garden for a much anticipated look at some “new school” (is that s-cool?) Beaujolais, the kind of trendy stuff mostly found in those hyper-cool … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged 10 Cases Restaurant, Beaujolais, Christopher Piper, Domaine du Botheland, Jean-Paul Thévenet, Julie Balagny, Julien Duport, Julien Sunier, Karim Vionnet, Laurence & Remi Dufaitre, London, New School Beaujolais, On Pète la Soif, Oreo Cheesecake
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A Bridge Too Far!
I don’t really want to labour the point. Much has been said far more eloquently and persuasively on this topic by others, including Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson, whose voices carry at least some weight. But I’d not visited the … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Wine
Tagged Mosel, Mosel Bridge, Scar on the Mosel, UNESCO Wine Sites, UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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Absolute Beginners
Some time ago I wrote a piece prompted by a comment made by Jancis on the lack of young people at the Bordeaux tastings. Now I have young people in the family, my children and their partners. Despite living in … Continue reading
Posted in Bordeaux Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Beginner Wines, Introduction to Wine, Mouton Cadet, Saint-Emilion
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