Category: France
Rhône
All of us Northern Rhone old hands will think of Jaboulet or Graillot when it comes to Crozes-Hermitage (Chapoutier are crap, obviously): these days we should also think of …
Burgundy
2005 was clearly a very ripe vintage in Burgundy; this example is certainly chock-full of fleshy fruit. Given my unabashed love of Morey I find myself liking this quite …
Loire
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 …
Loire
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 …
Australia
Dan, Non-Stinky Jeff, the partner and I dined at Hawksmoor earlier. It is a brilliant place to eat and on Mondays they charge a fiver corkage if you want …
Alsace
Earlier tonight we ate reasonably well and had some truly mind-bendingly good wines. This is what life is all about. One wine, however, disappointed. Shame, Olivier Humbrecht, shame! Brut …
Alsace
I suppose some people would think that the world’s best Gewurztraminer would be even more pointless than the best Muscat. I disagree. A wonderful, fruity, floral Gewurz can be …
Burgundy
My first taste of this Morey-Saint-Denis producer. I like Morey a lot, and this will do just fine as a basic offering. Morey-Saint-Denis ‘En La Rue De Vergy’ 2007, …
Alsace
OK, it is a bit more minor than the Muscat, but we enjoyed this with a lot of pleasure. You cannot really go too far off the path if …
Alsace
I loved this in France, but with the drugs working and being more in control of my nut-case tendencies, everything conspired to make me feel wonderfully positive. I think …
