Category: France
Australia
New Year provided some royal entertainment at Elitistreview Towers. The Editor cooked a starter of garlic butter snails then a tremendous shoulder of lamb supplied by the always excellent …
Italy
Knowing what wines to age and how long to age them for is a tremendously difficult skill – far fewer wines and mature gracefully than almost everyone seems to …
Champagne
This wine was a gift from my excellent friend Richard. (I think he gave it to me for surviving cancer – I am quite pleased I did too.) I …
Burgundy
The idea was to try a few wines of greater maturity than I normally open and save a bit for The Editor and I and our enlightened guests to …
Loire
Right, let me get the bragging out of the way first: I have met Gaston Huet! He was a lovely, humble old man who was terribly pleased that a …
Burgundy
Last August one of my legs stopped working. I was trying to roll out of bed and my left leg did not respond to the usual nervous instructions and …
Bordeaux
Elitistreview is doubly blessed today. Firstly, I am wonderfully happy to present an article written by Linden Wilkie – one who is an even higher rank of the wine …
Burgundy
How lovely it is to visit friends! Our chum Peter (Swedish expression) violently visited our other chums James and Katie during one of his rare visits to Blighty and …
Rhône
Crozes-Hermitage ‘Cuvee Gaby’ from Domaine du Colombier is my favourite Crozes. Of course, that is a blatant lie: Alain Graillot is my favourite Crozes, but I am buggered if …
Burgundy
If the Clark Foyster 2015 red Burgundy tasting provided a snapshot of the 2015 vintage in the Cotes de Nuits – what a beautiful, exciting, lustrous snapshot that was! …
