Category: Spain
General drinking
Fine drinking over lunch include a scintillating Boxler and brilliant Cote-Rotie
Rioja
Vina Ardanza 2010 is jolly good
General drinking
Yesterday was my birthday – I am even older. We hosted two lovely friends for dinner in the evening; what fun we had! Thank you both for your wonderful …
Tenerife
Envinate’s Palo Blanco 2021 from Tenerife is amazing!
Tenerife
Taganan 2020 from Envinate on Tenerife is a great wine for those who can no longer afford Burgundy.
Tenerife
After my last tasting note of Envinate’s Benje Blanco 2020, we are back on the volcanic island of Tenerife to try Trenzado 2020 from Suertes del Marques; another wine …
Buying recommendations
Benje Blanco 2020 from Envinate is not a wine for people who only like New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Nor is it going to charm those who like their Chardonnays …
Burgundy
The idea was to try a few wines of greater maturity than I normally open and save a bit for The Editor and I and our enlightened guests to …
Germany
On Monday night we returned, with our excellent friend Ricard, to Hawksmoor Spitalfields in London for the first time in three years. There was a time where nearly 10% …
Burgundy
I hope you will forgive me if this is not my longest or most coherent article, things got a bit quaquaversal in the early hours of this morning. However, …
