Category: Buying recommendations
Buying recommendations
I have been having computer issues over the last week so I am getting a tad behind transcribing my notes, I hope the next few days will see them …
Buying recommendations
Right, let me make one thing entirely clear from the start: Sherry is a fortified wine that comes from the Jerez area of Spain. There is definitely no such …
Burgundy
For those tired of hearing about 2009 Burgundies you will be pleased to know this is my last report from the offer-season’s tastings. However, even though this was a …
Burgundy
Given my initial article on 2009 Burgundy last summer and the Haynes, Hanson and Clark report a couple of days ago you have probably had enough of me harping …
Burgundy
After returning from my summer holiday I wrote a piece about my initial thoughts on 2009 Burgundy. I’ve just got back from a tasting given by the London wine …
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 …
Buying recommendations
I have a bit of a thing for large formats. Magnums, jeroboams and the like tickle my ticklish bits with more than a suggestion of lubricity. My passion for …
Buying recommendations
I’m always happy to receive an invitation to a tasting even though my lunatic tendencies add a degree of terror to the process of leaving the flat in order …
Burgundy
I have been fortunate enough to try a few more 2006 red Burgundies in recent weeks and it strikes me that there are still some rather good wines out …
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 …
