Category: France
Alsace
This is showing hints of maturity but still has lovely ripe fruit and serious mineral complexity. Quite delicious and clearly top Riesling; yeah! I’ve just finished my glass and …
Burgundy
We dropped by our lovely friends, James and Katie, for dinner; the ham was brilliant. The wines were decidedly good too, apart from a totally knackered bottle I brought …
Australia
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, …
Burgundy
Last week a select few of the wine taster illuminati who were at Oxford contemporaneously with me travelled from far-flung corners of the world to meet at Hawksmoor for …
Burgundy
I like these small-scale Pinot Noirs very much, they provide drinkable refreshment without being the slightest bit overwhelming. That being said, there are better little Pinots out there. Pernand-Vergelesses …
Burgundy
Sometimes you really need a bottle of white Burgundy. Occasionally they will disappoint, we have all popped oxidised bottles, but when they sing you’ll have a big grin slapped …
Rhône
One of my favourite Cotes-du-Rhone wines, Coudoulet can age quite gracefully for what is generally considered to be a minor appellation. Of course, they don’t charge minor prices for …
Alsace
Last night I was very happy to host a fellow wine blogger (Torsten from Winerambler) and my old chum ‘The Kid’ Peter for a Riesling and Pinot Noir-themed tasting. …
Burgundy
Last night we popped around the neighbour’s place with a couple of bottles of wine; they couldn’t have been more different. Morey Saint-Denis 2002, Domaine Dujac Oh what a …
Burgundy
Last night I organised a little blind tasting for some friends. I thought nothing could charm them more than some red Burgundy. I served them in a flight of …
