Category: General drinking
General drinking
I’m back from my sojourn in Burgundy, Alsace and Champagne. As I indicated in my last post I will not be putting all the notes up instantly, rather two …
General drinking
I went to the London Wine Trade Fair today, I dressed in my most ‘wine trade’ uniform: Naturally, dressed like that I got to try a lot of good …
Burgundy
We were invited over to the new house of a couple of friends of ours; it was a lovely house and they are lovely people. Some good wines, too. …
Burgundy
We were invited over to the new house of a couple of friends of ours; it was a lovely house and they are lovely people. Some good wines, too. …
Champagne
I hosted a wine tasting last night, people didn’t get as many right as I had hoped. Mind you, tasting Champagne is always really foxy, especially when, like these …
Australia
Well, we’ll be eating steak tartare, and drinking all that is listed below. Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clavoillon 2001, Domaine Leflaive This smells really toasty, with round, buxom lemony fruit …
Alsace
A couple of friends came around last night to drink some wine and watch the rugby. I was really amazed we managed to over-come the evil French. Not that …
Alsace
I hosted a small wine tasting for the neighbours last night. My aim was to demonstrate how easy blind tasting is, and I was pleased that everybody got everything …
Burgundy
It is so nice to have a drink after being locked up for a week that I will have several. Nice to see a friend and the partner, too. …
Burgundy
Last night we had only a few options to choose from at Chez Dominique, thanks to their insane pricing policy. We started with a hilariously fine wine which had …