Category: Sub-interest wine
Other
At the very disappointing Restaurant Etxebarri we didn’t drink too well. Albarino 2005, Pazo de Senorans Very fruity, light bodied and refreshing. It was a passable drink but no …
Other
At Restaurant Alameda we had an Albarino worthy of mention and a bottle of a typically styled, big, modern wine; a ‘dull wine’ as I like to call them. …
Other
We are off to the Basque country on Saturday so there will not be any entries here whilst we are away. We have some great restaurants booked, but drinking …
Australia
The two Australian wines I had planned to have with dinner bored the tits off me. Chardonnay 2003, Cullen Soft melon fruit on the nose, some wood too. It …
Australia
I first tried this at the London wine and spirit trade fair. I thought it seemed a nice enough drink. It is an adequate, but slightly dull, aperitif. Riesling …
Australia
I used to travel from Oxford to London just to buy Rockford’s Basket Press Shiraz. If only I hadn’t wasted my time and money ageing them. This wine is …
Burgundy
Dugat-Py are quite well thought of, on my occasional tastings of their wines I have often wondered why they are so popular and so expensive. They are not really …
Germany
Purchased for a laugh, to remind ageing memories of what wine used to be like. All I can say is: By arse, this is disgusting. Blue Nun Original 2005, …
South Africa
I have no idea what grapes this wine is made from, if indeed it is made from grapes. The partner has been given a six pack, what will we …
Rhône
I’ve popped my last bottle of Verset Cornas 1996. Just as with the bottle reviewed earlier this has painfully high acid levels, it is seriously unbalanced and not very …