Rather daft to think that you can do a walk-in to somewhere as spectacularly good as La Maison du Columbier in Beaune, especially in the third week of November, but…
A 50 year old Barbaresco
This was a generous birthday gift. You never quite know what you are going to get with an old wine, and 1967 wasn’t a strong vintage in most European wine…
Pyramid Valley Vineyards Kerner Estate Vineyard Pinot Blanc 2007
In addition to making their own highly-regarded estate wines, Pyramid Valley have also made a series of negociant bottlings from interesting vineyard sites across New Zealand, and this Pinot Blanc…
I have another new phone – this time, it’s love
We’re so used to our smart phones that it’s hard to imagine what we’d do without them, and it’s hard to remember what it was like to have really terrible…
Dinner at Café Sillon, Lyon, with Ganevat and Dard & Ribo
It was my birthday. And I was in Lyon. And at short notice we managed to get space at the bar at Cafe Sillon, which I’d heard a lot about….
A couple of nice Chablis
I’m a big Chablis fan, and these two bottles really hit the mark. Sebastien Dampt Chablis 2016 Burgundy, France 12.5% alcohol £19.50 Berry Bros & Rudd This is benchmark Chablis,…
Two lovely sparkling wines from Langham, Dorset
Very impressed with these English sparkling wines, from chalky soils in Dorset. Langham Rosé 2014 Dorset, England 12% alcohol. From Cretaceous chalk soils in Dorset, this is a blend of…
Grower Champagne: Marie Noelle Ledru Grand Cru 2009
I found this on the list at La Maison du Columbier in Beaune the other night. It was beautiful. This place has the most amazing wine list: it’s so good…
Château Pichon Baron 2013
Recently I was lucky to be able to taste all the Pichon Barons from the current era, 2001 until 2014. They were lovely wines, but one was missing: the 2013….