Category: Wine
Burgundy
Ah red Burgundy, when it is good it is totally irresistible, but things don’t have to be expensive to be good, quality exists at many levels. These two were …
Burgundy
Yesterday I had the great pleasure to dine at Hawksmoor, London’s best meat restaurant, in the company of some engaging and entertaining chaps. Many thanks to Guy Dennis for …
Champagne
I scored a bunch of 2009 Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Riesling Kabinetts and I thought it would be interesting to compare and contrast them. Peter was in Town so he came along …
Polls
The new design for Elitistreview has been live for a few weeks; I hope my regular readers have got over the shock of change and are finding it an …
Burgundy
Since writing up my two tastings in Germany I’ve been furiously dismantling the flat trying to find my lost my tasting notebook – it seems to have disappeared. Bit …
Burgundy
Elitistreview is five years old today, hooray! Five years of opinion, rants and general lunacy. There have been some difficult times, very difficult times, but one hell of a …
Germany
When I tried the 2009s at Howard Ripley’s tasting this stood out as being a top wine. I had forgotten I had already purchased a bottle from the Wine …
Burgundy
Alain Burguet was one of the very first producers I visited in Burgundy back in 1994, consequently it I have a bit of a soft spot for his wines; …
Burgundy
The 2005 example of this wine was quite a charming little drink so I felt quite safe buying some of the 2006. My first taste of it repels me …
Germany
Goldtropfchen is a brilliant vineyard, but until relatively recently no one has been exploiting it to its full potential. When you taste a golden-hued, deliciously fruity wine like this …