Category: Loire

It seems Hawksmoor is our favourite restaurant in London at the moment; it is certainly London’s best meat restaurant. They indubitably delivered the goods when celebrating Non-Stinky Jeff’s birthday, …

We tasted this wine almost four years ago. I said I’d like to come back to it in 5-10 years but the partner has popped his bottle after merely …

We are aware that Cabernet Sauvignon is rubbish apart from those made by a select handful of people (Diana Seysses (at Snowden in California), Tim Adams and Mr Moss …

Jean-Laurent ‘Le Homme’ Vacheron makes brilliant Sancerre in both colours. This was certainly up to his very high standards, but I feel it was not showing its best. A …

My mother and step-father had this in their wine cupboard, I insisted we try it. Perhaps that was my first mistake. Coteaux du Layon Beaulieu 1974, Les Caves de …

I’m back from my sojourn in Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne. As I indicated in my last post I will not be putting all the notes up instantly, rather two …

This is part of our ‘good wine at fifteen quid’ purchase. What a good purchase it was. Savennieres “La Jalousie” 2005, Domaine du Closel/Chateau des Vaults One thing you …