Category: Wine
Alsace
Earlier tonight we ate reasonably well and had some truly mind-bendingly good wines. This is what life is all about. One wine, however, disappointed. Shame, Olivier Humbrecht, shame! Brut …
Alsace
I suppose some people would think that the world’s best Gewurztraminer would be even more pointless than the best Muscat. I disagree. A wonderful, fruity, floral Gewurz can be …
Germany
That acidity may hurt, but it shows that you are alive. Alive and enlightened if you are drinking this. When I was a beginner in the field of German …
Burgundy
My first taste of this Morey-Saint-Denis producer. I like Morey a lot, and this will do just fine as a basic offering. Morey-Saint-Denis ‘En La Rue De Vergy’ 2007, …
Alsace
OK, it is a bit more minor than the Muscat, but we enjoyed this with a lot of pleasure. You cannot really go too far off the path if …
Alsace
I loved this in France, but with the drugs working and being more in control of my nut-case tendencies, everything conspired to make me feel wonderfully positive. I think …
Buying recommendations
The question is, which ones? As my long-term readers know I have almost no cash; I cannot afford much. I am torn between getting 6 bottles of good quality …
Burgundy
The partner and I were invited to a dinner party last night. We had some really good food and a few nice bottles of wine, one of which I …
Germany
This wine is from Roman Niewodniczanski*, the Saar’s arch-master of these weirdy almost-dry German Rieslings. His wines really impressed me when I first tried them, but I’ve had one …
Champagne
I’ve been wanting to try this wine for a while, so lunch with my friends seemed like a good time to pop one. The more I think back about …
