Category: England
Champagne
Ten days before Christmas 2021 Team Elitistreview hosted Charles and Alex for a light lunch. They were very forgiving of us forgetting to put our lunch roast chicken into …
England
Exton Park were The Editor’s and my introduction to quality English sparkling wine, you can read my surprise at finding Exton Park to be so good here. Since then …
England
The Editor and I visited Black Chalk yesterday (8th October 2021, the day before their harvest began). It was indisputably the most enlightening, educational and god-damn enjoyable tasting we …
England
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 …
England
I am taking a break from my series on South African wines to review The Trouble With Dreams, an English sparkling wine by Dermot Sugrue. The Trouble With Dreams …
Australia
A brief report on the wines consumed by The Editor and I over the Christmas holiday. Christmas Eve Hunting Hill Vineyard Chardonnay 2018, Kumeu River Lovely restrained, nutty, savoury …
Egomania
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of Elitistreview! What a great milestone! How I have managed to keep it up I will never know, especially considering how rubbish some of …
England
The chérie in the title is The Editor, in this article it is Nyetimber Cuvée Chérie Demi-Sec sparkling wine. We drank Nyetimber Cuvée Chérie in place of dessert after …
England
The owner of Tillingham Wines (who shall remain nameless, see next sentence) claims he wants to champion English minimal intervention wines. On the basis of these two wines I …
Burgundy
Last Saturday, The Editor and I met our excellent friend Richard for lunch. He was the first appointment in our social calendar for three months and so it was …
