Quite a few additions to the main wineanorak site lately. Here are some that blog readers may have missed: Mullineux Family Wines: an exciting new producer from South Africa’s Swartland…
Veraison, at last
Veraison – the stage in grape phenology where the berries change colour and the skins soften – is occurring at last with my Pinot Noir vines. I’ve deliberately chosen this…
Descriptors on the mind
Describing wine in words is quite a difficult task. It’s certainly one of the challenges for wine writers. Just listing descriptors isn’t all that helpful. No matter how exotic they…
At the cricket
I’m at the Oval – it’s the test match, England v Pakistan, first day. Shame not to see more people here. Ticket prices should be lower, I guess. Anyway, it’s…
A note on comments
I’m really grateful for those who take the time to comment on this blog. Since late February, when I moved to wordpress, I’ve taken away the ability for people to…
Back from Devon, and the Premiership begins again
So we packed up our tent and left Croyde, after a substantial breakfast and a couple of hours on the beach rockpooling with younger son. I also managed to catch…
Wine in Devon
Our Devon excursion has extended itself by a few days. After a couple of days of lodging with family, we’ve moved out to a camp site in Croyde. It’s very…
Noval Nacional and VP tasting back to 1962
Just written up an amazing tasting of Quinta do Noval’s Nacional and Vintage Ports back to 1962. It was a remarkable, once-in-a-lifetime tasting, taking in 15 vintages of Nacional. I…
Pinot Noir, pre veraison
My garden Pinot Noir vines have yet to reach veraison, but they are looking very healthy. No signs of any disease, and just two sulfur applications so far the only…