Category: David’s diatribes
Australia
I was in Lancashire last weekend for a wedding to two lovely friends of mine. We paid a visit to the amusingly named town of Clitheroe to go to …
Burgundy
Picking the best bottle I own is more problematic than deciding that Mambourg from Deiss is horrible; what constitutes the best? Heroic formats can be compelling. I have a …
Alsace
In the early nineties Jean-Michel Deiss was making spell-binding, exciting, thrilling Riesling; I snapped up all I could find and afford. Then, for some presumably psychotic reason, he decided …
Site News
Tomorrow I am off to Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne; oddly enough these are three of my four favourite wine regions. To dine we will be revisiting La Ferme de …
Whining
Insomnia is plaguing both the partner and myself. He suggested the following guest article. 10 The Rolling Stones – “Paint it black” 9 Tom Waits – “The piano has …
Site News
I’ve been told my RSS feeds contain too much. This has led me to fiddle with my blog software and discover that I can just put summary descriptions in …
Drivel
Last night I was invited to a ‘moustache party’, this is what I wore to it: Isn’t it horrible? I looked like a member of the British National Party. …
Drivel
Many thanks to those of you who have sent me messages of support over the past few days. I am now out of the bin and feeling a lot …
Drivel
I am sorry to say there will be no tasting notes for the next period of time; I have been locked up in the loony bin. It is not …
General
Pravda is having a go at vegetarians, calling them a freak of nature. I particularly liked the paragraph: Furthermore, cosmetologists say that a typical vegetarian has dry and fragile …