Category: Rhône
Australia
Hawksmoor’s wonderful red meat provided an excellent foil for solid Syrah and Grenache last night as we dined to celebrate the birthday of our chum James and also my …
Rhône
I’ve seen this wine on sale precisely once; I purchased it then and there. It has been in the cellar since then and ten years seems a good age …
Rhône
My chum Jeremy suggested we go and try this at the Ampuis wine market many years ago. I am glad he did, it has provided much in the way …
Rhône
I associate a degree of beetrooty reduction with Burgaud and this knowledge didn’t lead me astray when blind tasting this wine. I nailed it. Cote-Rotie 1997, Bernard Burgaud The …
Burgundy
The partner and I went for a romantic meal at Andrew Edmunds last night. We drank staggeringly well for not much money at all. Volnay Premier Cru Clos de …
Burgundy
We are trying these wines blind and then coming back to drink them (if they are fit to be drank, that is). These notes are written as we try …
Burgundy
Long time readers will know there is nothing I like more on a Monday night than noshing on quality meat. This is because London’s best steak establishment, Hawksmoor, charge …
Burgundy
A few chums and I decided to have some wine. I feel the bottles I opened were most instructive. Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Vergers 2002, Domaine Ramonet This is a …
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 …
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 …
