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Royal Tokaji 5 Puttonyos 2005
Not much chat, just a quick note on an utterly brilliant sweet wine. Sold in a handy 25 cl bottle which makes this world class wine relatively affordable at around…
First Drop Mere et Fils Chardonnay, great wine, fabulous labels
Aussie wine producer First Drop are fast becoming one of the cleverest at marketing their wines – even outdoing D’Arenberg. The good news is that the content of the bottle…
So should I post more negative reviews?
I taste a lot of wines and only a few of these end up on this blog. This filtering process means that you will tend only to see positive reviews…
Three lovely Palo Cortado sherries
Sherry gives me a lot of pleasure. Here are three Palo Cortados that I’ve had open for a while. I did a contemplative comparative tasting of them. All quite different,…
Two nice ciders, and comments on the cider market
Enjoying these two ciders tonight, both from Herefordshire producer Westons. They’re quite widely available. Westons Old Rosie Cloudy Scrumpy 7.3% alcohol. Cloudy pale yellow in colour, this is dry but…
An ultra-low production English Pinot Noir
Clearing out my wine racks today to see what’s there and what needs to be drunk. Found my entire production of 2010 Pinot Noir. A single bottle. Let me…
Both Barrels Shiraz Durif
Pleasantly surprised by this Aussie red from Laithwaites. It’s made by their RedHeads studio winery in McLaren Vale, and winemaker Steve Grimley has cobbled together some Coonawarra Shiraz and some…
Another lovely Portuguese red from Quinta do Noval
One of my favourite wine countries: Portugal. Some great terroirs, and some inspiring wine growers. And lots of progress over the last decade. This red, the second wine from Quinta…