I’m a great fan of taking time to get to know wines. Most of the wines featured here on this blog have been drunk, as opposed to those brief sniff…
Cherry blossom, moss, liverworts and The Ned
A lovely spring day here. The cherry blossom outside our house is out, and it’s beautiful. We took RTL and FFS down to Windsor Great Park, where they had a…
Two good Kiwi wines from Villa Maria
Very impressed by this pair by Villa Maria, one of New Zealand’s most consistent producers. Villa Maria Cellar Selection Pinot Noir 2009 Marlborough Seriously seductive Pinot. Sweet cherry and berry…
An afternoon in Sonoma wine country
Yesterday afternoon was fun, with two contrasting winery visits. Scott Burr, my host, arranged two appointments, on a gloriously bright spring day. On the one hand, Kenwood: a relatively large…
Wines with Christmas lunch
Just the four of us for Christmas lunch this year. It was delayed: poor behaviour (don’t even ask!) meant that both boys were sent to their rooms, but then they…
Video: tasting three Pinot Noirs from the 2008 vintage
A short video of me tasting two Burgundies (shouldn’t really call them Pinot Noirs, should I?) and an Aussie Pinot (Mornington Peninsula) in my incredibly untidy study.
Michelle Richardson’s Central Otago Pinot Noir
I first met Michelle Richardson a few weeks ago at a dinner at Providores in London. She’s making wines under her own label from a range of New Zealand regions,…
Superb Pinot Noir from northern Italy: Gottardi
This is nice. It’s a Pinot Noir from Gottardi, a grower in the northern Italian region of Alto Adige, which is often referred to by its Austrian name of the…
Pulled pork, beer and Pinot Noir
Last night I finally got to try a pulled pork sandwich. It’s a North Carolina speciality, and it’s delicious, but my portion was big enough for two. I ate it…