Category: Buying recommendations
South Africa
A new wine from the brilliant Minimalist Wines – hooray! Sam Lambson’s ‘winemaking as therapy’-Stars in the Dark has blown my mind every time I have tried it; a …
Burgundy
A lament about red Burgundy based on a tasting of 2021 Burgundy by Clark Foyster Wines
Buying recommendations
Benje Blanco 2020 from Envinate is not a wine for people who only like New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Nor is it going to charm those who like their Chardonnays …
Buying recommendations
Two years ago I reviewed the previous vintage of Ian Naudé’s Oupa Willem Heritage Blend; I loved it! The 2019 has just arrived in the UK and I have …
Buying recommendations
I like to drink Katharina Prum’s juice! Especially her ripe juice from this patch. Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese 2020 from JJ Prum, now made by Katharina Prum now that ‘Shouting’ …
Buying recommendations
Ian Naudé is a genius. He would deny this, claiming all the beautifully sculpted, supremely elegant wines he makes are just him taking a liquid photograph of his old …
Buying recommendations
I ended up drinking the South African Bordeaux-blend Rabelais 2017 from Thelema Mountain Vineyards a few times – I reported on the first of these occasions with Rabelais 2017. …
Buying recommendations
Some things make wine more of a pleasure – friends, food, Riedel glasses – and these are to be encouraged. Other things make wine less pleasurable. Chief amongst the …
Buying recommendations
“MR de Compostella, have you tried that?”, asks my chum, Greg. “Mr who?”, I think, before he explains. Greg has been dealing me fine Stellenbosch 2017 Cabernet/Bordeaux blends over …
South Africa
It is Elitistreview’s sixteenth anniversary! Finally, my organ is legally allowed to have sex, rather than just making puerile jokes about it and sniggering in the corner of the …