Bordeaux
I was never the most shy or retiring of youths, but when visiting Sauternes (Bordeaux’s sweet wine enclave) at the age of 12 I was stunned into an approximation …
Bars
I’ve raved about Hawksmoor (London’s best meat restaurant) on many occasions; it is just such a good place to engage in quality meat action. However, I don’t feel I …
Australia
I have been buying Moss Wood Cabernet since the early 1990s when it was hilariously cheap at Grape Ideas in Oxford, but I have no idea why I keep …
Australia
When I received the list of wines to be shown at the Clark Foyster portfolio tasting I wished I had a hermetically sealed room to hide in to avoid …
Chablis
At Elitistreview Towers we are rather taken with this offering from Domaine William Fevre – we popped a bottle of the 2005 earlier this month and it really delivered …
Alsace
These wines are top examples of two of my very favourite wine styles; Alsace Riesling and Chambolle press my good time-buttons like few other wines. I say ‘wine styles’ …
Fast food
When you try something and are pleasantly surprised by its quality it can result in you examining your prejudices. The mind-buggering stupefaction of rancid-couch-potato sustenance-provider Domino’s actually delivering really …
Burgundy
This wine is made from declassified young vines and sub-optimally located parcels from Mugnier’s monopole Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Clos de la Marechale – Clos des Fourches being the historic …
Burgundy
There are tales that in days of yore (remember Yore? Lovely girl) at de Montille they had teams of winery workers working in rotation to constantly punch down the …
Burgundy
It is always nice to be given a gift, particularly one that has been well-chosen to match one’s passions. Consequently, I was terribly pleased to be given this bottle …