The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were mainly drunk with food, friends and family (a bunch from Pascal Marechand excepted), between May 2012 and September 2012… Regional Wines (6) Villages Wines (12) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (13) REGIONAL… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between November 2011 and April 2012… Regional Wines (9) Villages Wines (23) Premier Cru Wines (37) Grand Cru Wines (9) REGIONAL WINES 2009 Domaine de Bellene, Bourgogne Maison… Read More
Santenay: Village Profile
There are two ways to Santenay – at least if you come from the north, and I expect that the majority of you will… The most well-trodden route of wine tourists is likely to be the road through the vines from Chassagne-Montrachet; as you travel southwards the vines rising on… Read More
harvest – 2nd september
The Home Team 2011. So every year there are new cast of players at the home domaine: – Kiwi Anna, sauvignon blanc winemaker at Oyster Bay – Kiwi Blair, vineyard manager at Carrick – Springbok Nathaniel, from Nederburg in Paarl Plus, of-course, the… Read More
Just so many wines…
Here’s a compendium of wines tasted with producers between the 1st December 2010 and the end of March 2011. They are mainly 2009s and 2008s – I tasted lots of 2010s in this period, but far too early to make notes – there’s not much value telling you that Romanée-Conti… Read More
rucksacks and waxing…
Last weekend was the inaugural 2011 trip to the mountains, and what weather! Middle of January – hum! – more like the middle of April; at 1,900m and at 10am it was 12°C! Still there was plenty of sunshine to warm the wobbly legs. Snow was a bit sticky by… Read More
The others tasted…
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were drunk with food, friends and family, between May and November 2010. Regional Wines (2) Villages Wines (21) Premier Cru Wines (19) Grand Cru Wines (7) REGIONAL WINES 2008 Camille Giroud, Bourgogne Cuvée Lees… Read More
Inside Burgundy, Jasper Morris MW (2010)
2010, Berry Bros. & Rudd Press. Subtitled: The vineyards, the wine & the people. This is a book not just of academic weight – the delivery package was 200 grams heavier that Allen Meadow’s Pearl of the Côte. This book eschews a dust-jacket, though I don’t know… Read More
harvest – 26th september
It’s Sunday, and surprise, surprise, it’s not raining. The previous evening we had a lovely soup (sorry chef it was better with a pinch of salt!) and the quenelles with a lobstery sauce – one of our antipodean colleagues decribed them as ‘French dumplings’ – a great call methinks! To… Read More