Burgundy
I’m not feeling too happy today and wine is not a cheap substitute for happiness it is an expensive pre-requiste for happiness: I’ve opened another bottle. Volnay Premier Cru …
Italy
I don’t drink that much Chianti, indeed I can only really think of three producers whose wines I buy out of choice. This one is my favourite. What a …
General
I cooked a chili last night. This is a really simple thing to make, but it is a rich, satisfying meal. You can also cook enough so that there …
Buying recommendations
Someone asked in a comment, this seems an ideal thing to turn into a cheap blog entry. Good internet/mail-order companies include: Stone, Vine and Sun (Mmmm… they’ve got Cathiard), …
Burgundy
Two wines opened at the neighbours place of a Sunday afternoon. We were bored and wanted something nice. These are really quite nice. Morey-Saint-Denis 2001, Domaine Dujac Silky, complex …
Rants
In response to my post Burgundy is best someone commented that Burgundy at the bottom of the pile is not as good as Bordeaux for the same money. I …
Alsace
Trimbach make some great Rieslings. They don’t do malolactic fermentation to soften the acid and ferment them dry so they can be quite austere and rigorous. Given plenty of …
Burgundy
We have popped another half bottle of Morey Premier Cru les Loups from Domaine des Lambrays; it is really terribly good. It has great elegance and refinement despite still …
Alsace
One of the problems with Zind-Humbrecht wine is that you can never really know before you taste them what they are going to be like. Olivier Humbrecht has stated …
Spirits
I find whisky to be slightly hard work, perhaps largely because I like cask-strength stuff and that hurts. Visiting the neighbours I quickly moved from a bottle of Zind-Humbrecht …