Buying recommendations
On the brilliant Wine Bersekers discussion forum someone picked my brains about the Northern Rhone producers I rated. I think I may have worried him with the length of …
Rhône
I’m still feeling a tad bonkers so thought opening a silly wine would suit. I expected lunacy from 2003 Hermitage, which it delivered with screaming style, but its manifest …
Argentina
Before the slight unpleasantness of Christmas day I wrote a little piece about Masi Tupungato wines. I promised tasting notes would follow – finally they do. When the Elitistreview …
Jokes
In view of the slightly unhappy post that has been at the top of this page for the past few days I present something a bit lighter: a song. …
Drivel
Update 29/12 I got out of hospital last night and have been asleep since then. I managed to avoid a trip to the loony bin – result! I’m really …
Argentina
Recently a Master of Wine friend said he wanted to try more Argentinian Malbec. As a classical drinker I though this a tad odd, until I recalled my first …
Burgundy
I just popped a bottle of Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas-François 1996 – I was appalled by its oxidised and generally crapulent state. I suppose I should not be so surprised …
Germany
This is not the sweetest German wine I’ve tried but it is amazingly Botrytis-influenced. Wines of this stunning purity need drinking on their own to savour their intense vivacity; …
Burgundy
Sometimes nothing else will do other than a bottle of Burgundy. Of course, this may remind you of how much you love Burgundy and so a follow-up bottle is …
London
For us, and others yearning for lewd meat action, Argentine steakhouse A La Cruz will satisfy your needs with extreme gustatory titillation. During our two hours there they pleasured …
