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2 January 2020 No Comments
I am just waiting for three pledged donations, and then I should be able to go forward with carpal tunnel release surgery – Elitistreview will continue to have a …
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Clinging on by its teeth (ER, the wine has longer)

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Happy New Year! The start of a new decade, and Elitistreview is still running (for the time being). If you read my last post (read it here), you will …
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26 December 2019 10 Comments
My last post questioned the continued existence of Elitistreview. Truth is, I would like to keep writing, but I have a major problem and you, my dear, highly-valued readers, …
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Maybe it is time to say goodbye…

23 December 2019 11 Comments
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On the way there… Quickie.

29 November 2019 No Comments
Just a quickie as the hand has not totally recovered. Some one-hand-friendly views on Red Blend 2015 by Duncan Savage. This vintage is still available from Handford wines. Readers …
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A compatible combination

24 November 2019 2 Comments
Another Duncan Savage wine today. This one is made from the great white varietal of South Africa, Chenin Blanc. In the ancestral home of Chenin Blanc, the Anjou area …
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Sophisticated South African Syrah

14 November 2019 2 Comments
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Hambledon’s highlight of the Hampshire harvest

13 November 2019 3 Comments
Meunier, the other grape of Champagne – only good for producers who want high yields or to make fast maturing non-vintage blends. It is nowhere near as bad as …
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Not a handsome Paris

7 November 2019 4 Comments
Cornas is one of the three great appellations of the Northern Rhone. Its status as great perhaps is not as exalted as Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage. Whereas Côte-Rôtie is prized …
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Butch and bold

3 November 2019 No Comments
We had a few more wines last night, with our lovely friend Richard, but I wanted to concentrate on these two as they showed that butch can be beautiful. …
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