A short hop to Leeds – so a Yorkshire lunch – even if one of us didn’t have the fortune of originating from that county 🙂 (My) Lunch was French onion soup, venison Wellington and nibbling from a selection of cheeses. I can’t remember the last time I saw this… Read More

For me a very short weekend, as on Saturday I took ‘advantage’ of the new, less stringent, requirements for UK entry – via France. Still, there was the modest matter of 1,300 km to drive over 17 hours: Hardly any people on the boat – maybe because the… Read More

As a warm-up, there was the last glass from the Pavelot, then the following, their two corks in fine shape: 2018 Jacques Saumaize, St.Véran Poncetys That’s a deep nose, faint smoke surrounding a vibrant depth of ripe pineapples and minerals. Ouch – that’s so good! The pineapple… Read More

A memento of some lovely visits and wines, pre-lockdown. My thanks for all the patience of these producers… (Report coming soon) Alphabetically (not pictorially): Bachelet-Monnot Chevrot Sylvain Dussort Albert Grivault Patrick Javillier Comtes Lafon Dominique Lafon Olivier Leflaive… Read More

2006 JF Mugnier, Nuits St.Georges 1er Clos de la Maréchale Of-course, the biggest disappointment is being able to say nothing at all about the wine – the cork was very smelly from TCA – the wine equally so… 2007 Prince Florent de Merode, Corton Clos du Roi… Read More

Before I left for Piedmonte, I’d accumulated a lovely set of wines – I would/should say an exceptional group of wines. Where I can remember something, or indeed took a few crafty notes, a few words follow about them:… Read More

Certainly not every year, and hardly every second or third year, but every so often you have to do it properly eh? Or how can you have benchmarks? A couple of empty soldiers from a tasting chez Bouchard Père which I will write-up in my Bouchard visit report –… Read More

2001 Comtes Lafon, Meursault 1er Les Perrières A deepish colour. The nose is a little tired, but not oxidised – it remains, almost, an invitation. The palate starts narrow then opens wider and wider – there is an energy zip here and a really profound depth of delicious… Read More