Non-alcoholic
I’ve wanted to write about Hill Farm Apple Juice for ages – visiting for an orchard walk and tasting finally provided a great excuse. Hill Farm Apple Juice is …
Winchester
It is currently the Hampshire food festival; can you imagine a more jolly celebration of loveliness that doesn’t happen in Burgundy? A lot of establishments are taking part; the …
Burgundy
This final report on my trip to Burgundy will be brief; I won’t give masses of details about all the 2010 Domaine Dujac’s I tried simply because they were …
Burgundy
Visiting Domaine Mugnier is always one of the highlights of my trips to Burgundy. Freddie Mugnier is one of the world’s greatest winemakers and he just radiates coolness even …
Burgundy
My recent tasting at Domaine Georges Roumier showed his 2011s to be of highly desirable quality and 2010s perhaps the finest wines I have ever tried from him. Sometimes …
Burgundy
My first tasting during my trip to Burgundy was with Cyprien Arlaud at his family Domaine. What a total delight it was! We only tried 2011s from cask but …
Buying recommendations
Howard Ripley’s 2011 German tasting was one of the most pleasurable things I’ve ever done in public. The wines were incredible, showing this to be a very high class …
Burgundy
Here you can see a map of where I have been in the last 30 minutes (assuming my phone can connect to the internet). If you come back regularly …
Burgundy
At a frighteningly early hour this Sunday morning I will be heading off to taste the 2011s in Burgundy. I missed my trip last year, due to nearly dying …
Champagne
I cannot remember where but I’d heard Bernard Remy made excellent fizz. When I saw Ten Acre Wines were selling some for a reasonable price I thought I’d give …
