This is a pretty serious Riesling. It’s made by Gerd Stepp, from a single vineyard, Kallstadter Saumage, with loess and loam rich soils with a high limestone content, in Germany’s…
Charles Smith The Honourable Riesling
I admit it: I hadn’t really heard the Charles Smith story until I read about him on the blog of a Canadian friend, Nicole, even though I’d run into a…
Erni’s remarkable dry Riesling
One of the star wines at this year’s IPNC was actually a dry Riesling. Erni Loosen popped by the table I was at with a remarkable dry Riesling, aged for…
Two cool wines from the Okanagan, Canada: Riesling and Syrah
Tried these rather lovely wines from the Okanagan Valley in Canada, and thought they deserved a write-up, even though they might be hard to find. You heard it here folks:…
Two lovely whites from M&S: Ferricrete Sauvignon and Earth’s End Riesling
Two lovely white wines, cool climate, new world. Paul Cluver Ferricrete Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Elgin, South Africa 13.5% alcohol. Very bright and focused with subtle green herbs, lemons and grapefruit…
Framingham’s F-Series TBA, one of the world’s great Rieslings
I had a lot of fun at yesterday’s Great Riesling tasting in London. There were so many good wines. But of all, perhaps my favourite (of many lovely wines) was…
Four lovely wines – Weinbach, Zidarich, Puzelat and Valli
On my first night in Canada a group of friends gathered to share some nice wines. I think they deserve a write-up, although – as usual – notes and scores…
In Canada, day 1, at Pearl Morissette
So I arrived in Canada yesterday afternoon and headed down to Pearl Morissette winery in Jordan, Niagara, where I am staying for a couple of nights. A few friends joined…
A perfect day of football and wine
So it was off to Selhurst Park yesterday, the home of Crystal Palace FC. They were playing ‘my’ team, Manchester City, and I’d been kindly invited along by Palace co-chairman…