Category: Wine
Alsace
We had guests around last night for home-made baked beans and rather good sausages; I thought robust wines would go best with them. Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile 2003, Trimbach …
Burgundy
I’ve done the harvest in Burgundy in the past, it is extremely hard work. Here is this year’s harvesting team from Domaine Dujac in Morey-St.-Denis. They don’t look as …
Buying recommendations
As ever, Burgundy is high on my list of priorities. Meursault Les Perrières 2000, Domaine Joseph Matrot: Refined white Burgundy for ageing. Matrot wines often require over ten years …
Rhône
The last bottle of this that I had seemed strangely backward. This is a lot more pleasurable. Côte-Rôtie 1997, Jasmin A lovely nose of ripe red fruit and earth. …
Alsace
We had a great time visiting some friends for dinner last night. We drank exceptionally well, too. Champagne Brut Chardonnay 1996, Pol Roger A rich, bready nose. Also nutty …
Burgundy
I am a big fan of the wines of Comte Armand, even a minor appellation like this is treated seriously there. This is one of those bargain wines that …
Madeira
I have said before that Barbeito colheitas are the cutting edge of Madeira cool and this one demonstrates that admirably. This is made by the traditional ‘canteiro’ process (it …
Germany
One of the best tastings I have ever attended was at Thanisch; great wines were shown by the charming owner. There are two Thanischs is Bernkastel, this is the …
Champagne
This was one of the bottles we picked up on a booze cruise to France. It cost there in euros what it costs here in pounds. Brut Blanc de …
Germany
The Bandol wasn’t good enough, time for something that is definitely good! Riesling Auslese Goldkapsel Oberhäuser Brücke 2004, Helmut Dönnhoff This smells really bright, fresh and fruity. Not much …
