This wine is brilliant. I really like the style, which bridges the Northern Rhone and warmer-climate new world regions. And it’s very well priced. Domaine Tournon Shiraz or Syrah 2008…
Asda’s £3 Crozes-Hermitage
A while back I reported on Asda selling the respectable Southbank Estate Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, NZ) for £3. Picked up a Crozes-Hermitage on a quick dash to the Asda store…
Impressive Northern Rhône Syrah: Jaboulet’s Thalabert in a new guise
Philippe & Vincent Jaboulet Crozes-Hermitage Nouvelière 2007 Northern Rhône, France This is made from what were the bulk of the Thalabert vineyards, which Philippe and Vincent retained when Jaboulet was…
Really interesting cool-climate Chilean Syrah
I’ve just written up the wines from Chilean producer Viña Leyda on the main wineanorak site. They’re all brilliant, but I thought I’d draw readers’ attention to one of the…
Lunch at the Harwood Arms, followed by City v Fulham
Awesome day yesterday. Will Willis and Stuart Bowman-Hood of Freixenet UK treated Joe Wadsack and I to some fine hospitality: lunch at the wonderful Harwood Arms in Fulham, followed by…
Man O’War – sensational Syrah from New Zealand
I’m so glad Tim Atkin selected the Man O’War Dreadnought Syrah for a blind tasting at the Syrah symposium in Hawkes Bay last month. It’s a sensational wine, and this…
An incredible Barossa Shiraz – one of the best ever?
I was blown away by this wine. I’ve tasted lots and lots of Barossa reds, and of those, this is perhaps the best – or at least very close to…
Some lovely wines tasted at SITT
Top wines of the SITT tasting, February 24th 2010 Here’s a selection of some of my favourite wines from today’s SITT (SITT = specialist importers trade tasting). It’s now a…
Two contrasting Rhone-style wines from California and Australia
Two rather different takes on the Rhone here, one tending towards old world elegance; the other, unashamedly ripe and new world in style. They’re both from UK supermarket (or, to…