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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
Egomania

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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Loosen really can deliver the goods with some of their wines
Germany

Loosen really can deliver the goods with some of their wines

18 October 2009 5 Comments
Sometimes Dr Loosen wines just seem a bit simple, sometimes they seem like they will not age, but when you buy the right stuff in the right vintages by …
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