Always good to see a new English sparkling wine that’s of top quality. I was really impressed by this. It’s the first crop from a vineyard in Somerset, planted in…
Some wines from a weekend away
Just been away for a weekend with family, staying in a lovely house in Puddletown, Dorset. It wasn’t a wine geeky sort of weekend, so I brought along some good…
Two lovely Loire Chenins
These were two wines I enjoyed at the IPNC Grand Dinner, sandwiched between Pascaline Lepeltier and Rajat Parr. Totally brilliant examples of Chenin Blanc from the Loire. Quite different in…
Lalou Bize-Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay Les Folatieres Puligny-Montrachet
This was perhaps the stand-out wine of a wonderful weekend of wine. I tasted it with Raj Parr and some friends just before the salmon bake at the IPNC. We…
More from the road in Oregon
More pictures from the road in Oregon. Yesterday I had another full day of visits, and I was joined by Elaine Brown and her daughter Rachel, who did some filming….
On the road in Oregon
I’m in the middle of a packed itinerary of visiting Oregon wine producers. I didn’t decide who I was going to see but left it in the hands of the…
So what did I learn about the way I use language to describe wine?
So, following on from the previous posts, what did I learn from the grand seminar? Josh Raynolds revealed a curious fact. Back in the 1920s and earlier, people used to…
The IPNC Grand Seminar, windows of perception
I love this picture. It’s a group photo of our panel at the IPNC Grand Seminar, which we did twice, on Friday and Saturday mornings. We were discussing how we…
Thoughts on language and wine
I’m just preparing for this morning’s session at the International Pinot Noir Conference here in McMinnvilla, Oregon. I have to moderate the grand seminar, which will be repeated again tomorrow,…