Category: Wine
Buying recommendations
I keep thinking I should write a ‘hilarious bargains of the wine world’ post for here. Two wines that would feature near the top of that list are Manzanilla …
Germany
Some 2007s have closed up, this isn’t one of them. Riesling Kabinett Graacher Domprobst 2007, Willi Schaefer This is burning with limey life on the nose with a fantastically …
Alsace
I’ve mentioned before that I am not the biggest fan of Zind-Humbrecht wines, all too often they are booze-tastic monsters. I’ve seen them clocking in at 16.5% in the …
Australia
Yes, yes, it is more of those podcasts; me speaking drivel as it occurs to me. I feel audio notes are quite good to get one’s raw opinion of …
Hungary
We did have a bottle of Semillon Late Harvest from Sandalyn Wilderness Estate but it was corked. Those composite corks are a bad sign, so easy to ruin your …
Other
I seem to be in a dirty kind of mood as far as my blog titles go, suits me just fine. This does have a slightly arse character. Bandol …
United States
In a nice way, obviously. Willamette Valley Pinot Noir ‘Six Vineyards’ 2006, Lemelson Vineyards OK, this is a relative booze-monster as far as Pinot Noir goes, but it has …
Germany
OK, based on my last taste of the 97 this won’t be necrophilia, but what more can you ask from the title of a post than a suggestion of …
Germany
The answer is ‘None, none more intense’. Riesling Auslese Kiedrich Grafenberg 2005, Weingut Robet Weil The nose of this is utterly refined and pure. Sure, it is really minerally …
Podcasts
I just thought it would be fun to record me raving about a couple of wines and see if I said anything amusing. I suppose I did in the …
