A question. Why is it that the beer industry is happy to use crown caps with PVC liners for bottled beers? These PVC liners allow a high level of oxygen…
Some nice beer, including a trashy blonde
Popped into Oddbins on the way home this evening. Nice selection of wines, these days. Lots interested me. Came out with three beers, though. Was particularly interested to try the…
Jacob’s Creek Steingarten Riesling
One of the Rieslings tasted on camera in my recent video clip, this is the well known Aussie, Steingarten, which now goes under the Jacob’s Creek label. Steingarten is not…
A convincing Aussie Sangiovese – Greenstone
Italian red grape varieties all seem to travel poorly. While they achieve good results in Italy, they seldom work abroad. Here’s an exception: possibly the best non-Italian Sangiovese I have…
Summer arrives, and a great day’s cricket
A fantastic day today. A cricket match. This time, not the wine trade, but a church match, between two Twickenham based Anglican congregations. One large, one smaller. I was playing…
Video: tasting Riesling from Mosel, Alsace and Australia
Another video blog entry – this time, me tasting some rather delicious Rieslings. Perfect for a warm summer weekend like this.
Spotted in a Trimbach: a new-look Diam
Opened a Trimbach Riesling this afternoon to find it had a new-look Diam (taint-free technical cork) in the neck. This Diam has been streaked with brown to make it look…
In the garden, vines and bees
I’ve begun to appreciate bees a great deal more since I read Douglas Coupland’s latest novel. Anyway, there are a lot of them in the garden this year, mainly because…
Day 3 of the London wine fair
Today was the third and final day of the London wine trade fair. There’s so much to see; you can’t hope to do everything, but instead just have to make…