Category: Wine
Buying recommendations
Madeira Boal Reserva 1968, D’Oliveiras: Excellent Madeira that is quite a lovely drink now. Read the note here. £58 from Waitrose Wine Direct. Hermitage 2005, Domaine du Colombier: Affordable …
Rhône
I love Cote-Rotie and Clusel-Roch make properly beautiful wines. Considering this comes from a really ripe vintage it is completely harmonious and deeply charming. It may be a tad …
Germany
OK, I know one should really age these things, but when they are young, bursting with fruit and that lovely young ‘puppy fat’ charm it is hard to refuse. …
Madeira
I love Madeira; all of those weird, rancid and off flavours that combine to make a lovely, complete booze experience are a joy. This is a particularly tits bottle. …
Austria
This is clearly a glass of class. Riesling Smaragd “Achleiten” 2005, Weingut Prager A very pure nose of lemon fruit and stony minerality; this smells subtle and beautiful. The …
Burgundy
Gone are the days when one could get a good Engel Grand Cru in Selfridge’s for £34 a bottle. Luckily, we stocked up. Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru 1999, Rene Engel …
Champagne
This is a really good NV fizz, like the Cuvee 728 I feel this will age over a period of time. Champagne Cuvee 732, Jacquesson A really lovely bready, …
General drinking
I went to the London Wine Trade Fair today, I dressed in my most ‘wine trade’ uniform: Naturally, dressed like that I got to try a lot of good …
Champagne
Drank at Lord’s whilst watching the cricket. This is a non-vintage, zero-dosage Champagne. Champagne Pure, Pol Roger Nice fruit on the nose, reasonably biscuitty. This smells like standard Pol …
Hungary
This is another good bottle in a string of good bottles since the Pinot Noir By Farr; you have no idea how such events cheer me up. If I …
