French Wines
Chassagne-Montrachet, Henri de Villamont, 2000, Burgundy, France
The smell of this wine is intoxicating with ripe bananas, blackcurrant leaves, crystallised ginger and a hint of marzipan.
30 Mar 2012
Feel free to read at your leisure. My blog is really just an indulgence for me to put out on "paper" some of the myriad of thoughts that stumble through my mind on a daily basis. Hopefully you will enjoy and note that these are best read over a glass of wine.
French Wines
The smell of this wine is intoxicating with ripe bananas, blackcurrant leaves, crystallised ginger and a hint of marzipan.
30 Mar 2012
American Wines
On a sunny Saturday morning it seems that my quiet wine reading time has lead me into the bitter intrigue of American politics.
14 Mar 2012
Marks and Spencers
Recommended both by the Sunday Telegraph (Victoria Moore) and shown on Saturday morning Kitchen, it caught my eye today as I was making...
24 Feb 2012
French Wines
So working through my old stock in the cellar, I came across a stash of old white burgundy. Now this little breed can be pretty fickle....
01 Feb 2012
Portugese Wines
An exciting and unique opportunity to try not only one of Liberty wines’ top Portuguese wine offerings but also to meet Christian Seely...
06 Oct 2011
Food and wine matching
Left with several hours to kill in London after turning up early for a wine tasting (possibly the first time ever!), I call Steve to see...
04 May 2011
Koshu Wines
So my first trade tasting of the year was with a grape I had not heard of until last year, and certainly had never tasted until today....
20 Jan 2011
Food and wine matching
I say it often because I think people want to hear that working in a restaurant isn’t just about long hours, no social life and low pay,...
11 Jan 2011