Category: France
Champagne
Today marks five years since my partner moved to England. If view of all of the wonderful times we have had together we decided to celebrate with something damned …
Burgundy
I’m not feeling too happy today and wine is not a cheap substitute for happiness it is an expensive pre-requiste for happiness: I’ve opened another bottle. Volnay Premier Cru …
Burgundy
Two wines opened at the neighbours place of a Sunday afternoon. We were bored and wanted something nice. These are really quite nice. Morey-Saint-Denis 2001, Domaine Dujac Silky, complex …
Alsace
Trimbach make some great Rieslings. They don’t do malolactic fermentation to soften the acid and ferment them dry so they can be quite austere and rigorous. Given plenty of …
Burgundy
We have popped another half bottle of Morey Premier Cru les Loups from Domaine des Lambrays; it is really terribly good. It has great elegance and refinement despite still …
Alsace
One of the problems with Zind-Humbrecht wine is that you can never really know before you taste them what they are going to be like. Olivier Humbrecht has stated …
Burgundy
Another wine from the wonderful Sylvain Cathiard, one of his most minor crus. This was opened for general drinking purposes when my mother visited. It seems a tad butch …
Burgundy
Opened my last bottle of Cathiard Vosne Malconsorts 2000 last night. Once again it was really lovely, with beautiful fruit and great balance. I did once say he makes …
Burgundy
Yet another wine from this producer, they really are a personal favourite. Clos des Lambrays 2001, Domaine des Lambrays A beautiful, perfumed, complex nose of fruit and earth. This …
Burgundy
Dinner required something light and elegant to go with it. I required something good in order to celebrate being broken out of hospital. Our requirements were fulfilled by this …