Category: Wine
Rhône
Last time I had this wine I was presented it blind. Then I thought it was Alain Graillot’s Crozes-Hermitage and tasting it again that seems like a very understandable …
United States
When ferreting about in one of my cellars a few years ago I dropped this magnum from a height of a couple of metres, it bounced and survived. Geyserville …
Buying recommendations
Christmas is a break from work so is an ideal time to eat and drink. If one is cooking a baroque feast it only seems reasonable to have something …
Other
This is a blend of Syrah and Grenache from the South-West of France. Collioure is produced in the same region as Banyuls. Collioure Coume Pascole 2003, Domaine de la …
Burgundy
This afternoon I am drinking with a past captain of the Oxford blind tasting team. He lost when he was captain, I won. We finished off the Spätlese from …
Germany
I am back drinking again! Hooray! A modest little number to get me warmed up. Very good things have been said about the 2005 vintage in Germany. This was …
Buying recommendations
I’ve got some 2003 Port, and so should anybody with a cellar. Buying magnums might be a bit crazy, though…. Vintage Port 2003, Fonseca: Even in this beast of …
Drivel
Two magnums of Port! Hooray! Good Port, too. 2003 was a great vintage for Port and who could possibly sniff at Taylor’s and Fonseca? Now all I have to …
Port
Lovely people and good friends, the neighbours. We seem to have been following each other across London for quite a while, now. I greatly appreciate the gifts. Fonseca Guimararens …
Other
I have some friends coming around for dinner tonight to assist with the celebration of me becoming even more rancid and old. I thought I’d open a magnum of …
