We wine journos are in the middle of press tasting season at the moment, with all the major supermarkets showing off their ranges. Buying standards for UK supermarkets are very…
Fine wines with lunch, old-school wine trade style
These wines were recently tasted at a rather fine lunch at La Trompette, which is a great restaurant. It went on a long time, as you can imagine. I’m always…
Sorry for the absence
Apologies for being a week without updating this blog. Normally I update daily, so this has been very uncomfortable for me. It was a technical issue to do with the…
The Mullineux Semillon Gris
Now this is an interesting wine. It’s a Semillon Gris from Swartland (South Africa) stars Mullineux. This is what Andrea Mullineux says about it: Sémillon Gris is historically significant in…
In Jerez, blending some very special sherries
In Jerez. For the first time. Can you beleive it? I’m quite a sherry fan, but it has taken me ages to actually get to visit. I lucked out: for…
Amazing wine lunch at Torres with El Celler de Can Roca
El Cellar de Can Roca is one of Spain’s most celebrated restaurants. Run by the three Roca brothers, Joan, Josep and Jordi, and based in Girona, it has the full…
Dinner at Cañete, Barcelona
So it was Monday evening in Barcelona. Fiona, Trevor, Treve and I headed down from the hotel to the Plaça Catalunya, and from here down the tourist-infested but still very…
Wine & Culinary forum: the Primum Familiae Vini tasting
The Primum Familiae Vini are an association of top European wine domaines, and we were treated to a tasting of some of their wines, presented by Christophe Brunet, wine ambassador…
Highlights from the Wine & Culinary Forum, Barcelona (2)
So here are more highlights from the Wine & Culinary forum here in Barcelona. You can read Part 1, here. Noted Spanish wine journalist Victor de la Serna interviewed Asia’s…