Just from memory: 2019 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett The name longer than the note! Low alcohol, sweet but so moreish – delicious wine… 2018 Laurent Martray, Brouilly Corentin This is why I love this producer – so involving, beautiful fruit and suddenly the… Read More

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

All my magnums have been put to one side as we have been the quarantine-duo at home this Christmas – but still, an interesting range… Read More

The first day of 10 days quarantine for me and my better half – but we’ve no symptoms or positive tests – but yesterday we visited my 96-year-old mother-in-law in her care home – and she was (in theory!) negative – but today they rang us to say… Read More

Just to show that I haven’t been ignoring my responsibilities these last couple of weeks – here’s the majority of bottles pulled from my own cellar in that time. I hold almost no notes in my head, but the basic impressions remain: The Armand Volnay was 2017, actually a… Read More

Okay, the black and white ones were Friday night, but that’s practically the weekend! 2016 Chablisienne, Chablis Grenouilles Honestly, I never used to understand why La Chablisienne would serve this cru last when I was tasting their range – I never thought it as good as the other… Read More

A week at home; typing, gardening and doing my annual bookkeeping – oh and a… Read More