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Tag Archives: Solent Cellar Tastings
“Ugly Ducklings Can Be Swans” (Says Doug Wregg)
Ugly Ducklings can be Swans! That was the title of the tasting given by Doug Wregg at Solent Cellar in Lymington on Friday night. Doug’s company, Les Caves de Pyrene, has proved that statement a thousand times over in the thirty-odd … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Beaujolais Les Pierres Bleues, Božidar Zorjan, Carignan Lo Vielh, Caves de Pyrene Tasting in Lymington, Clos Gravillas, Domaine de la Senechalière, Doug Wregg, Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté, Jean-Pierre Frick, Julien Guillot, Marc Pesnot, Melon Miss Terre, Moussamoussettes, René Mosse, Slovenian Wine, Solent Cellar Tastings, Sylvaner Bergweingarten, Zorjan Muscat Ottonel Dolium
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Our House (Taittinger)
Many of you will know that I have something of a thing for Grower Champagne. It comes from an interest in wines which express “place”, terroir wines, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I ignore the so-called Grandes Marques. For … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Champagne, Champagne Cellar Tours, Champagne Tastings, Chateau de la Marquetterie, Comtes de Champagne 2006, Folies de la Marquetterie, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, Solent Cellar Tastings, Taittinger, Taittinger Prelude
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 