Burgundy
Many people have raved about the Bret Brothers, and only a slightly smaller number have then gone on to make a joke about their name. This many have lighter-fluid …
Burgundy
Many people have raved about the Bret Brothers, and only a slightly smaller number have then gone on to make a joke about their name. This many have lighter-fluid …
Rhône
Steak mirabeau for dinner tonight, and with it something accessible and fruity. Saint-Joseph “Les Royes” 2004, Domaine Courbis A charming nose of fresh red fruit with a grind of …
Germany
Oh I am sorry for that terrible pun. The wine is not as worrying as the winemaker’s name suggests. This comes from the Franken region so is bottled in …
Burgundy
Back on the booze. Hooray! And it is Burgundy, what more could a chap ask for? Morey-Saint-Denis “Clos Solon” Vieille Vigne 2001, Domaine Fourrier Yum, this smells quite ripe …
Bordeaux
Sorry I have not been posting notes of late. I have been violently ill which has made drinking wine a lot less possible. Yesterday and today I seem to …
Australia
What with throwing up upteen times during the day and being uncontrollably insane when I am not medicated to buggery, I haven’t really felt much like drinking. However, I …
Austria
I was in Amsterdam over the weekend, so perilously little wine was consumed. However, it was my birthday on Thursday and at the ‘large-formats’ party we held we popped …
Ceramics
I feel extremely fortunate to have acquired a beautiful thing today. Not a bottle of Musigny, but there are other interesting things out there. I also collect contemporary ceramics, …
Egomania
Blame my community psychiatric nurse for this, all his idea. I didn’t say it was necessarily a bad idea, though… Do you find your weekdays dragging? Do you find …
