Category: Wine
South Africa
Girl Next Door 2018 by Duncan Savage continues the trend of his wines getting better each year. There was nothing at all wrong with Girl Next Door 2017 (that …
Burgundy
This is a report on the Côte de Nuits 2018 Burgundies I tasted at the Clark Foyster wines en primeur event on the 17 January 2020. I would like …
South Africa
Happy New Year! The start of a new decade, and Elitistreview is still running (for the time being). If you read my last post (read it here), you will …
Quickie
Just a quickie as the hand has not totally recovered. Some one-hand-friendly views on Red Blend 2015 by Duncan Savage. This vintage is still available from Handford wines. Readers …
South Africa
Another Duncan Savage wine today. This one is made from the great white varietal of South Africa, Chenin Blanc. In the ancestral home of Chenin Blanc, the Anjou area …
South Africa
Sorry, this is going to be a brief post. This is my arm: I have carpal tunnel syndrome and typing one-handed is incredibly irritating. My other hand keeps trying …
England
Meunier, the other grape of Champagne – only good for producers who want high yields or to make fast maturing non-vintage blends. It is nowhere near as bad as …
Sub-interest wine
Cornas is one of the three great appellations of the Northern Rhone. Its status as great perhaps is not as exalted as Côte-Rôtie and Hermitage. Whereas Côte-Rôtie is prized …
South Africa
We had a few more wines last night, with our lovely friend Richard, but I wanted to concentrate on these two as they showed that butch can be beautiful. …
Australia
I love Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Hunter Valley Semillon and I have JK to thank for this bottle. Hunter Semillon is Australia’s great innovative vinous gift to the world. Those …
