As I write, the 2014 Bordeaux primeurs week has just finished. So my twitter stream has been full of complaints from the UK wine trade and several journalists complaining about…
A nice fine wine dinner with Burgundy, Bordeaux, Loire and South Africa
Last night we had a lovely dinner at Terroir, hosted by Keith Prothero. This is the restaurant on the Kleine Zalze estate, and the food was very good. The wine…
An amazing fine wine lunch at Chez Bruce
This was one of the most remarkable lunches I’ve experienced – and I’ve been to quite a few special lunches. The food, company and wines were all just perfect. The…
Château Angélus and the paradoxical 2010
I have just written up a vertical tasting of Château Angélus that I attended last week, courtesy of the IMW. It was very interesting, as these sorts of vertical tastings…
A couple from Bordeaux, La Tour Martillac and Petit Village
Bordeaux is the world’s most famous wine region. But it’s one that is losing the hearts of many of the new generation of wine nuts. They’re alienated by the prices,…
Christmas Day highlights (2): Suduiraut 01, La Chapelle 97, Le Dome 96, Gruaud Larose 00
Some more Christmas Day wines. Château Suduiraut 2001 Sauternes, Bordeaux, France 14% alcohol. Remarkably fresh still with complex, spicy lemon and grapefruit notes as well as viscous apricot, pear and…
Christmas Day highlights (1): Le Moine Saint-Romain 11, Mulderbosch 13, Floridene 12
Some excellent wines yesterday for Christmas Day with family. I’m going to write up the highlights in two posts. The wines deserve it. First, three whites, all of which exceeded expectations….
Don’t spit great wine!
In the wine trade, we taste. And then we spit. Have to, really, otherwise we’d all be permanently drunk and would die young. Sometimes, though, a wine is too good…
Les Griffons de Pichon Baron 2012, a serious effort
This is a super wine. It’s a new launch from Bordeaux superstar Pichon Baron. Christian Seely describes it thus: ‘It is a second wine, made from grapes from the intermediate…