{"id":4810,"date":"2012-05-04T22:23:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T22:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=4810"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:23:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T22:23:11","slug":"docklands-museum-and-the-majestic-press-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/docklands-museum-and-the-majestic-press-tasting","title":{"rendered":"Docklands Museum and the Majestic press tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Headed off to meet with some friends at lunchtime. The meeting place was interesting: the Museum of London, Docklands. I’ve lived in London since 1992, but there are still places I’ve never been in the capital. This was one of them.<\/p>\n

I visit the Docklands rarely, and it’s a bit like visiting another city. The musuem<\/a> was opened in 2003, and occupies an old warehouse in Canary Wharf. It’s free, and because I arrived a little early I had a look around. I was gripped (I love history, although I never really studied it at school), and will be back. It tells the story of this interesting part of London from ancient history to the present.<\/p>\n

Then\u00a0 it was off to the Majestic press tasting. Overall quality was admirably consistent, and below are some of my favourites.<\/p>\n

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Fabulously rich yet well defined Cotes du Rhone Villages Plan de\u00a0Dieu from Domaine Durieu (\u00a38.99 offer price)<\/p>\n

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One of New Zealand’s best Pinot Noirs – silky, smooth, elegant – expensive\u00a0but worth it.<\/p>\n

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One of the world’s best\u00a0Viogniers, and just \u00a310.99. Stunning.<\/p>\n

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Just a tenner for this utterly world class off-dry Riesling.<\/p>\n

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Love the label on this quite serious, ripe, open Spanish Grenache (Garnacha). At \u00a38 a steal (Salvage del Moncayo La Garnacha 2010).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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