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Tag Archives: Rosé des Riceys
Rosé – Taking Pink Wine Seriously
You might expect me to make some kind of excuse that, oh well, it’s Rosé time of year, but I have a confession to make. I drink Rosé throughout the year, sometimes even when it’s cold and wet. I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Rosé, Rosé Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged "Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution", Binner Si Rosé, Black Chalk Wild Rose, Castagne Allegro, Château Musar Rosé, Château Simone Palette, Clos Cibonne Rosé Tibouren, Domaine des Muses Gamay Rosé, Domaine Sainte-Magdelaine Cassis, Elizabeth Gabay MW, English Rosé Petnats, Exton Park Meunier, Felton Road Vin Gris, Gut Oggau Winifred Burgenland, Hiyu Wine Farm Smockshop Band, Lopez de Heredia Tondonia Rosado, Mondeuse Rosé Jaimee Motley, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel Switzerland, Olivier Horiot Les Riceys, Pink Wine, Provence Rosé, Reuilly Pinot Gris, Rosé, Rosé des Riceys, Swiss Rosé Wine, Tavel, Tempier Bandol Rosé, Yapp Brothers Mere
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Great Exhibition 2018 – with the emphasis on Great
Yesterday was the Winter 2018 Great Exhibition Tasting in the arches under Holborn Viaduct, this time featuring Winemakers Club and Carte Blanche Wines. These Tastings are always good, but there must have been something in the air yesterday, because there … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Champagne, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adrien Dhondt, Ancre Hill Estate, Ben Walgate, Benoit Dehu, Carte Blanche Wines, Christelle Guibert Orange Wine Itata, Craig Sheard, Dhondt-Grellet, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine L'Ecu, Elemental Bob, Eliane Delalot, Fabien Jouves, Great Exhibition Tasting 2018, Gudfish Wines, Hegyikalo, Jerome Francois, Karim Vionnet Beaujolais, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles, Maxime Magnon, Meinklang H15, Olivier Horiot, Pelle Pince Alma Palinka, PN17 Petnat, Rosé des Riceys, Stefan Vetter, Sylvaner, Tillingham Wines, Tom Shobbrook, Vincent Caillé, Winemakers Club
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Red, White and Orange Friday at the Draper’s Arms
Bereft of the pleasures of intensive shopping on Black Friday I was forced to settle for a long lunch at the Draper’s Arms in Islington with seventeen wines (one was corked) among seven of us. We were all slightly wobbly … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Australian Sous Voile Wine, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Guy Breton, Brash Higgins Bloom 2008, Bruno Schueller, Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco 2005, Céline and Steve Gormally, Côtes du Jura Les Dolomies, Chardonnay Les Combes, Chardonnay Mizuiro Les Saugettes, Clare Valley Riesling, Clos Lapeyre Jurançon, Dario Princic Ribolla Gialla 2013, Domaine des Miroirs Grusse, Draper's Arms Islington, Dundee Hills Pinot Noir, Ganevat L'Enfant Terrible Poulsard, Gérard Schueller Pinot Noir LNO12, Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2013, Guy Breton Cuvée Fanchon 2017, Horiot en Valingrain 2006, Jean Foillard Fleurie 2010, Jeffrey Grosset, Kelley Fox Maresh Pinot Noir, Kenjiro Kagami, Krughof Bornheimer Schönberg, Les Riceys, London Dining, Magendia de Lapeyre, McLaren Vale Flor-aged Chardonnay, Nick Gibson, Olivier Horiot, Optima, Passenans, Raveneau Butteaux, Raveneau Chablis, Rheinhessen Beerenauslese, Ridge Monte Bello 2004, Rosé des Riceys, Seigerrebe
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Time to Go Pink
With temperatures hitting twenty-seven degrees here yesterday, it has focused the mind on the pinker hues as a source of vinous pleasure. I hesitate to focus just on rosé here. The first hurdle to overcome is the connotation of that … Continue reading
Posted in Rosé, Wine
Tagged Anna Martens, Balivet Cécile et Vincent, Bugey-Cerdon, Christian Tschida, Clos Cibonne Provence, Cseresznyeérés, Czech Wine, Domaine de la Tournelle, Domaine des Bodines, Domaine L'Octavin, Evelyne et Pascal Clairet, Hegyikalo, Himmel Auf Erden, Hughes Beguet Plouss' Mousse, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Riceys, Meinklang Prosa Frizzante, Olivier Horiot, Palmento, Pink Wines, Red Bulles, Rennersistas, Rosé, Rosé des Riceys, Suché, Summer Wines, Tibouren, Tondonia Rosado, Vino di Anna, Waiting for Tom Rosé
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Oddities (12 August 2016)
We were back at Rochelle Canteen on Arnold Circus, Shoreditch, on Friday for our fourth of six Oddities lunches this year. There was no theme this time, everyone bringing a wide range of wines, which (miraculously, as always seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Oddities lunches, Wine
Tagged Bodegas Insulares, Caiati Michèle Alois, Carignan Villalobos, Colchagua Carignan, Costador Orange de Noirs, Domaine de la Pépière, La Pépiè Cot, Mount Horrocks Nero d'Avola, Olivier Horiot, Ormiale Pet Nat, Passopisciaro 2006, Pellagrello Grape, Riflesso Rosi Vallagarina, Rochelle Canteen, Rosé des Riceys, Slarina Cascina Tavijn, Smiley Chenin Blanc, Sumoll 1954, Tacoronte Acentejo Tenerife, Tempier Bandol 1993 Spéciale, Terroir al Limit Pedra de Guix
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 