Category: General drinking
Burgundy
James Hardy, Peter Palmer and I are rightly proud to have been captains of the Oxford University blind tasting team. As I am sure you can imagine, this means …
General drinking
It really has been a dismaying length of time since I attended a one year old’s birthday party, so long indeed that time has bleached the memory from my …
Bordeaux
Part two of my report on the Ile d’Amour larks is about the red wines. Edward has a bit of a thing for Claret, which my long-term reader will …
Alsace
Last weekend we had the good fortune to visit the Tully family in Jersey. Whilst Edward Tully and I ran the Oxford University blind tasting team we tasted quite …
Burgundy
Given my title for this post I want to make it abundantly clear that my violent illness had nothing to do with lovely Richard and his brilliant cooking. Sometimes …
Burgundy
Extravagant Mosel Riesling, fervid Chablis with some red Burgundy to follow up sounds like an experience every lover of good times would revel in. However, as I rarely travel …
Bordeaux
The wines popped last night were clearly in a stage that provided much pleasure as we drank them. That being said I feel there would be no risk putting …
Burgundy
Sometimes you feel inordinately privileged to taste a wine – this happened with two bottles last night. Prum’s Spatlese may not have been from his top vineyard but its …
Champagne
My chum James had been looking after his young son for the past few days without the aid of his enchanting wife Katie. He managed so admirably a bit …
Burgundy
As I lack a comprehensive cellar laid down by wine-loving parents I do not try properly mature wines as often as I would like. Consequently, when Guy and Peter …