Tasting 112×2006 in bottle
112 wines from the 2006 vintage tasted over 8 days, plus one interloping 2005 – 80% were poured by their makers. Clearly for the vast majority of these I did not drink the whole bottle, otherwise the powers that be would have already rejected the need for a pointless… Read More
2004 à la coccinelle
I think I was possibly the first to publicly raise and discuss the ‘vintage character’ of 2004 reds – anecdotally whites are also affected – Christophe Roumier is one who says this – but I’ve not experienced any obvious examples, so from here-on, red it is…… Read More
offer of the day
Domaine d´Eugénie Vosne Romanee 2006 75cl 89.50 SFr Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Aux Brulées 2006 75cl 155.00 Clos de Vougeot 2006 75cl 295.00 Echezeaux 2006 75cl 295.00 Grands Echezeaux 2006 75cl 295.00 It’s confirmed that the world has indeed gone mad, I’m only surprised in… Read More
offer of the day…
Today, another offer to ‘pass on’: Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé 2006 CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 75cl 99.50 Swiss Francs CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1er Cru 75cl 189.00 CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY Les Amoureuses 75cl 398.00 BONNES-MARES 75cl 398.00 MUSIGNY Vieilles Vignes 75cl 498.00 Villages wines for 100 francs – I ask you… 🙁 Like… Read More
european fine wine magazine – a critique
Photo: Blatantly stolen from the publisher’s website | Copyright, them… Let me first say that issue number 1 of ‘European Fine Wine Magazine’ is quite a coffee-table magazine, the photography is really something – not just the composition but the saturated, slightly underexposed processing too – never-mind… Read More
Profile: Maison Remoissenet Père et Fils (Beaune)
Remoissenet Père et Fils, is an old and established name that is slowly and quietly carving out a new name for itself – as a producer of good reds! Founded in 1877, this unusual and interesting company was run for about 30 years by Roland Remoissenet from a stunning… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family between August and November 2007. There main exception in these pages are about 60 2005’s which were tasted at a large gathering in Zürich in November. Only… Read More
58 x 2005’s
No pretence about making life easy for you – these wines are listed in exactly the order tasted – but there are plenty of big names! They were not drunk at home, nor were many swallowed, but they were all tasted in a 2 hour period together with most of… Read More
clive on 1997…
It’s good to see that Clive is finally putting pen to paper again. I (amongst others) shared a room with him earlier this year tasting through 80 or so 1997’s (many posts dotted around here) from which he has finally put up his notes for viewing on his site. Read More