Category: Buying recommendations
Burgundy
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 …
Buying recommendations
The question is, which ones? As my long-term readers know I have almost no cash; I cannot afford much. I am torn between getting 6 bottles of good quality …
Burgundy
I’ll take a brief hiatus from the tasting notes to report on a brilliant little shop that has opened in Morey. Some of the producers have banded together and …
Buying recommendations
I keep thinking I should write a ‘hilarious bargains of the wine world’ post for here. Two wines that would feature near the top of that list are Manzanilla …
Bordeaux
I’m just engaged in a little exchange of text messages with a chum. He asks if he should buy 2005 Jamet Cote-Rotie for £20 a bottle. Brilliant wine at …
Buying recommendations
Sometimes I worry my tastes in wine are becoming so rarified and abstracted that no one else would like the stuff I like. It doesn’t often seem to happen, …
Burgundy
Its true. I’ve purchased a couple of Jean Grivot wines. Now I know that is awful and I deserve mocking, but let me explain. I’ve got a bottle of …
Buying recommendations
Here is a handy post (from someone else’s blog), a map of fine wine shops in London. I was pleased I knew them all.
Buying recommendations
Pommard Premier Cru Rugiens 2002, de Montille: One of my favourite recent acquisitions. Top Pommard. £50 from The Wine Society. Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, Moss Wood: One of …
Buying recommendations
Pommard Premier Cru Rugiens 2002, de Montille: One of my favourite recent acquisitions. Top Pommard. £50 from The Wine Society. Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, Moss Wood: One of …
