Category: Wine
Germany
I was not going to bother writing up this utterly delicious wine, but Peter ‘The Kid’ Palmer tells me I must. “People need to know”, he says. Riesling Auslese …
Burgundy
Sorry. It is nearly half-one in the morning. Right, hot tips from the bargain village of the Cote de Nuits (the whole area is named after this village, surely …
Burgundy
From me to me obviously. Cavon de Bacchus is a great place to go shopping when you are in Nuits. The hot tip from Burgundy is to buy Nuits …
Germany
After me bad-mouthing this producer (possibly un-necessarily, we’ll see if/when the wines come good) my chum Jeremy gave us this to try. Riesling Kabinett Trabener Gaispfad 2007, Weiser-Kunstler This …
Germany
Sometimes Dr Loosen wines just seem a bit simple, sometimes they seem like they will not age, but when you buy the right stuff in the right vintages by …
Other
We have just been to France and liberated a batch of wines. We thought these two would go well with roast beef. Recently, I have been reminded that relativism …
Germany
Weingut Fritz Haag make extremely distinctive wines, which I hope I do a good job of blind tasting. They have a brilliant purity of expression which, whilst you can …
Loire
I have a lot of happy memories of Huet Premier Trie wines from the late eighties and early nineties, this just doesn’t seem to live up to those memories. …
Burgundy
I have been introduced to many fine wines via the offices of Paul Day. He also let me know about this wine, which in previous vintages was the best …
Burgundy
Dujac Fils et Pere wines are a great way of getting a taste of a hilariously serious producer for less money than their grander stuff. There is definitely a …
