Davy’s back
26 September 2023
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Help fix Davy's back and rejuvenate Elitistreview!
Category: David’s diatribes
2021 Burgundy from Clark-Foyster wines – a lament
17 January 2023
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A lament about red Burgundy based on a tasting of 2021 Burgundy by Clark Foyster Wines
Opus 1,600 – an unexpected perversion
5 September 2022
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This post is the 1,600th published on the excellent, exquisite Elitistreview, and to celebrate Opus 1,600 I am going to indulge in a little perversion of mine. I only …
Wine time Friday
15 January 2022
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Are we there yet is a Syrah/Touriga Nacional-blend from South Africa’s Duncan Savage. We like Duncan’s wines, some may be butch, but some are beautiful. All are very good! …
I hate decanters
16 August 2021
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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 …
Happy sixteenth anniversary, Elitistreview!
1 August 2021
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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 …
I despise very nearly all rosé
27 July 2021
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Let us not mess around, . With bubbles it can be nice, but as a still wine? I have some beer over here I need to finish off. My …
Domaine Lionnet’s junior wine
26 July 2021
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Only a quickie, but hopefully of use. Domaine Lionnet has been fortunate to feature on Elitistreview before. This is a more junior wine than the grand Cornas. It is …
Elitistreview is ad free
12 July 2021
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Good afternoon! This is just a quick note to say I have removed all ads from the eloquent, elegant Elitistreview. I hate them, and I am not often a …
#SaveSAwine – Save South African wine
19 January 2021
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The more perceptive amongst you, my dear, highly-valued readers, may have noticed I have reviewed a lot of South African wine in recent times. I am going to try …