Thursday’s Canadian wine tasting and seminar at Canada House was a great success. Lots of energy and enthusiasm, great people, and some lovely wines. Here are some of my favourites,…
A day in the English vineyards
Spent the day today driving round English vineyards with two Canadian wine peeps, Andrew and Nicole. We visited three of the finest English producers, and each visit was quite special…
Lunch at Grain Store
Lovely lunch at my current favourite restaurant, Grain Store, today. The redevelopment at Kings Cross along the Regent’s Canal – where Grain Store is located – is looking good, and…
Limited success: the enemy of real success
My view is that limited success is the enemy of real success. Many wineries are selling enough wine that they just keep going with their current strategies, even though these…
Craggy Range Avery Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2014
Very impressed by this. It’s the Craggy Range Avery Vineyard Sauvignon, and it’s a very stylish, refined expression of the Marlborough style. It’s from a mature (22 year old) vineyard…
English wine, the latest statistics
Released today, some interesting stats on English wine. It’s a success story, for sure. In 2014, production was the equivalent of 6.3 million 75 cl bottles, which is a 42%…
Lunch at Francis and Bronwen’s place
Lunch today at Francis and Bronwen Percival’s place in Borough Market. As you’d expect, fabulous food and drink. Also present, Neil Beckett and Jasmine Hirsch. It was a lovely afternoon,…
Four Austrian reds from Leithaberg DAC
Austrian reds rock. That is, when they don’t pick them too late and dick around with too much oak. And, these days, after a period of excess, generally they don’t….
Champagne Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 2007
Friday night represents a chance to open something nice. And Champagne is always a good start. Yes, this is infanticide, but the Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 2007 was staring at me, and…