Two Chardonnays tonight. Both quite lovely. My vote goes to the beautiful biodynamic Chardonnay from Seresin, but the Lafon is nice too. Seresin Chardonnay Reserve 2010 Marlborough, New Zealand 13.5%…
Two lovely wines at St Swithins Wine Shippers: Breton Chinon and Nicholas Perrin Crozes
Had a couple of lovely bottles on Thursday night at St Swithins Wine Shippers. It’s a wine bar and retail shop in the City of London, and it has a…
Patrick Piuze Chablis Grand Cru Valmur 2010
Patrick Piuze is a Canadian – a Québécois. And a rising star in Chablis, where he’s now regarded to be one of the top producers. He started working in Burgundy…
Champagne Krug 2002 and friends
Krug 2002 has finally been launched. On Tuesday evening a group of us gathered in a studio in Shoreditch which had, for a week, been turned into the home of…
Internal change, living in the now, and our approach to wine
How we approach life is so important. If we change our viewpoint, it changes everything. But this sort of change is incredibly hard for most. In our pursuit of happiness,…
Some white Burgundy 2014 highlights from yesterday
Some white Burgundy highlights from yesterday’s Berry Bros & Rudd tasting. Usual caveat: these are cask samples, not bottled. So treat the score as a very approximate guide. These wines…
Pollen Cider, wine-like, natural, and delicious
I was really impressed by this. It’s a new cider made by Ben Slater, who comes from a wine background (he works for The Sampler). He’s made a pretty natural…
On writing
Everyone wants to be a writer. At least, it seems that way. Few get to write for a living. But people so love to work with words that they are…
Eulogio Pomares Albariño Crianza Oxidativa 2011 Rías Baixas, Spain
Eulogio Pomares is the viticulturist and winemaker at Zarate in Rias Baixas, Spain, and he has also his own project, Grandes Vinos Desiguales. He makes two wines, both from Albariño:…