Clos de Tart needs little introduction for most wine lovers. It’s Burgundy’s largest Grand Cru monopole (where the whole vineyard is owned by one producer) and for the last…
Two Burgundies I liked: Jobard and Bichot
Gotta love Burgundy. Here are two rather nice ones that aren’t stupidly expensive, but which are delicious. Antoine Jobard Bourgogne Blanc 2011 Burgundy, France Wonderful stuff: lovely matchstick and citrus…
Lunch at Chez Bruce with some of South Africa’s finest, plus some old world stars
Had a special lunch at Chez Bruce last Thursday, with some memorable wines. Keith Prothero was hosting, and also present were Chris and Suzaan Alheit, Peter-Allan Finlayson, Chris Mullineux, John…
Super Chablis from Eleni et Edouard Vocoret
A new discovery for me, courtesy of Roberson. The wines of Eleni and Edouard Vocoret. UK retailer Majestic used to stock the Vocoret Chablis in the early noughties, and they…
Matrot Meursault 2012
When white Burgundy is good, it is peerless. Well, almost, as the recent Kumeu River tasting showed. This is a good one. It’s from Thierry and Pascale Matrot, and it’s…
Some 2013 Burgundies from Jane Eyre
So, here are four 2013s from Jane Eyre. I reviewed a couple of her 2012s earlier this year. To recap: she’s an Australian winemaker with an interesting back story. She…
Lunch at St John with Dujac, Niero, Barthod and Bereche
Lunch at St John today. A special time with Francis Percival, Dan Keeling and Jeremy Seysses. The company, the wines, the food: all were on sparkling form. I haven’t been…
Three lovely wines: Leflaive Pucelles, Wetzer Kekfrankos and Kopke white port 1935
These three lovely wines were brought round by guests. The best sort of guests. The Leflaive Pucelles was served blind, and in a stroke of lucky intuition, I guessed it…
A nice fine wine dinner with Burgundy, Bordeaux, Loire and South Africa
Last night we had a lovely dinner at Terroir, hosted by Keith Prothero. This is the restaurant on the Kleine Zalze estate, and the food was very good. The wine…