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Cricket and Riesling
Alsace

Cricket and Riesling

4 August 2005 No Comments
I swore that if I purchased any 2003 European white wines (after my disaster with buying German stuff) I should be mercilessly mocked. So, stick a dunce’s cap on …
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Why ‘Elitistreview’?

2 August 2005 No Comments
Every single wine book claims to de-mystify wine, be for ‘the common man’ or makes laughable claims about the incredible ubiquity and cheapness of fine wine. I have no …
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The problem with having rarefied tastes…
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The problem with having rarefied tastes…

1 August 2005 No Comments
… Is that people purchase shit wine and expect you to enjoy it. Last night I had the woeful experience of opening my aunt’s christmas present to me: Staton …
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Start as I mean to go on
Burgundy

Start as I mean to go on

1 August 2005 No Comments
The first day of a new month, a new blog and a damned good bottle of Burgundy. Sylvain Cathiard Nuits St Georges Premier Cru Murgers 1999: Cathiard makes beautiful …
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