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Vacherin Mont d’Or

28 October 2009 1 Comment
I love Vacherin Mont d’Or. It is one of the great treats of the year to see the first Vacherin Mont d’Or of the season on sale. I always …
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Cider

Waitrose Organic Vintage Cider is dull

27 October 2009 No Comments
I took a picture of this the other day but didn’t review it. I worry that in this space of time someone might have been fooled into buying this …
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Beetroot and noble tannins
Rhône

Beetroot and noble tannins

26 October 2009 No Comments
I associate a degree of beetrooty reduction with Burgaud and this knowledge didn’t lead me astray when blind tasting this wine. I nailed it. Cote-Rotie 1997, Bernard Burgaud The …
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People need to know
Germany

People need to know

26 October 2009 5 Comments
I was not going to bother writing up this utterly delicious wine, but Peter ‘The Kid’ Palmer tells me I must. “People need to know”, he says. Riesling Auslese …
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General

More blood sausage from Borough Market

25 October 2009 3 Comments
I’ve got a bit of a thing for boudin noir, black pudding and the like. They are clearly very good for you, look at what a healthy person I …
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Bonne Nuits(-Saint-Georges)
Burgundy

Bonne Nuits(-Saint-Georges)

24 October 2009 5 Comments
Sorry. It is nearly half-one in the morning. Right, hot tips from the bargain village of the Cote de Nuits (the whole area is named after this village, surely …
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This was a little present from France
Burgundy

This was a little present from France

23 October 2009 No Comments
From me to me obviously. Cavon de Bacchus is a great place to go shopping when you are in Nuits. The hot tip from Burgundy is to buy Nuits …
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Germany

This is not short on charm

23 October 2009 No Comments
After me bad-mouthing this producer (possibly un-necessarily, we’ll see if/when the wines come good) my chum Jeremy gave us this to try. Riesling Kabinett Trabener Gaispfad 2007, Weiser-Kunstler This …
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I haven’t been drinking
Jokes

I haven’t been drinking

21 October 2009 1 Comment
But I found this to be very funny:
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RIP whatinterests and the Elitist Review photoblog emerges from its ashes
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RIP whatinterests and the Elitist Review photoblog emerges from its ashes

21 October 2009 No Comments
My old photoblog at whatinterests.davidstrange.net was all very nice, but sub-optimal in many ways. Also, the webcam software for my phone stopped working after a ROM upgrade… Rising up …
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