Just on my way back from a brilliant vertical tasting of Château Batailley, the fourth-growth Pauillac producer with a reputation for making elegant, typical wines. It was held at The…
Two nice supermarket Northern Rhone Syrahs
It’s not often I recommend French wines stocked by UK supermarkets, because the buying is rarely that inspired. Most decent French stuff simply doesn’t fit with the requirements of the…
A couple of new year reds: Lynch Bages and Robert Arnoux
Happy new year, dear readers! I feel quite bemused by the fact that it is now 2011. Two reds from last night, as well as a lot of Champagnes that…
A good lunch with some nice wines
Very enjoyable family lunch today at my sister’s place in Gerrards Cross. A four siblings plus their families and my parents were gathered. Some nice wines were opened. I didn’t…
Graillot Crozes-Hermitage 2008 – beautiful
This is brilliant, and it doesn’t cost a fortune. It has edges – plenty of them – and so it won’t be for everyone. But I really, really like it….
Wonderful natural Beaujolais: G. Descombes Regnie
Georges Descombes is one of the band of natural wine guys currently active in Beaujolais. The natural Beaujolais wines like this are by far the most interesting expressions of Beaujolais,…
Marcillac: an affordable wine to fall in love with
Forget points. Forget shopping-list tasting notes. Forget wine tasting as a ‘competition’ to see which wine is best. The endorsement I will give this wine is that I love it….
Two high-end southern French reds
The south of France, with its varying appellations, was one of the first wine regions that I fell in love with. I still retain an affection for the likes of…
Neal Martin’s exceptional Pomerol tasting
A pleasant Thursday night outing: Neal Martin was compere for tonight’s tasting at Roberson, with the focus on Pomerol. Neal is writing a book on the topic, and with the…