Month: December 2012
Rhône
The label on this Gaillard Cote-Rotie is simply disgusting. The fonts are hideous and the less said about the woeful daubing of a picture the better. I hope it …
Burgundy
Robert Chevillon remains the go to address for modern , powerful Nuits-Saint-Georges. The wines are true to their appellations and good agers, as a 2001 Pruliers popped recently demonstrated …
Chablis
Back in 2010 I had the greatest Chablis of my life: Chablis Premier Cru Fourchaume ‘Vignoble de Vaulorent’ 2007 from Fevre. I had a bottle on Christmas eve and …
Burgundy
What Bourgogne Aligote costs fifty notes a bottle? Half a ton for Aligote! That stuff is at the bottom of Burgundy’s white wine heap and usually deservedly sells for …
Burgundy
Today the lovely Jane Denley of Woodlands Jersey Beef popped around to help service our meat demands for the festive period. Regular readers will know The Editor and I …
Chablis
Firstly, let me apologise for the lack of posts recently. I’ve started psychotherapy and that has given me a lot to think about, and I don’t feel like getting …
Site News
Elitistreview is quite popular: I’ve had 97,691 visitors in the past year and they come back, on average, a little over three times each and look at two and …
Germany
Sorry there haven’t been many posts recently. I’ve just started psychotherapy and this has caused much introspection. Not lubricated with wine, strangely. So it’s nice to pop something and …
Burgundy
I started writing a book at the beginning of summer; about Burgundy, oddly. Much as I enjoy writing it is a lot of effort for mad man me. Consequently, …
Drivel
I get hordes of people finding this site searching for the phrase “bien loché”, presumably finding me because it’s tucked away in a few tasting notes. Well, after 11 …
