Category: Rhône
Burgundy
Lovely chap, Peter, he brought two lovely wines and we have three more. It was interesting to watch some of these wines develop over the course of the evening; …
Burgundy
The last couple of days general drinking are reported below: Riesling Serriger Schloss Saarstein Spätlese 2005, Schloss Saarstein Much like the last couple of bottles, and very unlike the …
Burgundy
I haven’t had access to my computer over the last couple of days, so here are brief notes about some of the tits wines I’ve had. Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru …
Rhône
This is quite a fancy St. Joseph. I’m still drinking, hooray! St. Joseph Cuvée des Anges 1999, Domaine Cheze This has a very herbal fruit character, like cough sweets. …
Australia
We have a few wines planned for tonight, the first of which has been a pleasing surprise. Riesling Spätlese Serringer Schloss Saarstein 2005, Schloss Saarstein Unlike previous bottles of …
Rhône
I’ve just opened another bottle of Domaine St. Pierre Cornas 1995 from Jaboulet. My last note on it seems pretty accurate to me, so I won’t bother boring you …
Burgundy
Two lovely friends around for dinner last night. This is what we ate, and the list below is what we drank. Champagne Cuvée Nicolas-François 1996, Billecart-Salmon Lots of fruit …
Burgundy
Yesterday’s dinner party started at half six and went on until four in the morning, cripes! No wonder I felt a tad the worse for wear this morning. Champagne …
Rhône
Clape Cornas was the subject of my first wine article to get published. I wanted to call it ‘A dose of the Clape’ but the journal editor re-named it …
Rhône
We got a few bottles of this at auction a few years ago for less than the release price of the then-current vintage. Every bottle I have had has …
