My second visit to Tardieu Laurent in this northern Rhone series (previously here). This is a really impressive interpretation of Cornas, an excellent appellation that sometimes gets a bad press…
An old fashioned day at the beach
Just back from a long day spent with two other families on the beach at West Wittering, near Chichester. It’s a wonderful place, free of amusement arcades and overt commercial exploitation,…
Recently on wineanorak dot com
Been quite busy of late adding new material on to the main part of wineanorak.com. If you travel and taste a lot, the challenge is to write everything up. It’s…
Video: tasting three rather interesting Chardonnays
A short film of me tasting three interesting Chardonnays, two from Australia and one from South Africa.
Baron de Ley’s Graciano and Maturana
Following on from my recent report of new varieties in Rioja, I was pleased to see that Tesco are now stocking two wines from Rioja producer Baron de Ley’s new…
A lovely natural Garnacha from Bodegas Ponce – Buena Pinta
Continuing a bit of an Iberian theme here on the world’s second oldest wine blog, this is a wine that I can heartily recommend. Imported into the UK by the…
Why I love camping
So just back from five days camping. We were in a field in somerset, with three other families plus a few supernumerary kids on loan. It rained quite a bit…
Two Alentejo whites: Esporao and Torre de Frade
It’s not just Spain that is making some really impressive new-wave white wines. Portugal is also a happy hunting ground for fans of deliciously expressive whites. Here are a couple…
Cracking Pinot Noir from De Bortoli
Very impressed with pretty much everything De Bortoli are making at the moment. Steve Webber is heading off in the direction of restraint, low alcohol and elegance, and that’s exactly…