Okay, Thanksgiving is by, now we can get back to bigger reds. These or similar wines would be great with holiday roast beef. The 1989 Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron blew us away. that deep red wine smells of cigars and cedar, mushrooms and Mr. Lincoln roses. A big wine, but not jammy, more linear …

Fiona has been away for the weekend, picking older son up from his Devon boarding school and taking him down to her sister’s family in Braunton to stay the weekend. So I’ve been with younger son, giving him my undivided attention (apart from when I have to walk our increasingly plump labradoodle - I…

RTL has just a couple of weeks to go before she gives birth to her first litter of labradoodle puppies. whether you hold your hand to her tummy you can feel them kicking. It’s very cool. Labradoodles are the best dog breed. Dogs are great: whether you’ve never had a dog you are lost out. Dogs love u…

Cava struggles with a low rent image. Here are two more ambitious examples, one made from the traditional grapes, the other from Chardonnay. I guess the issue here is whether or not you consider Cava to have an identity of its own, or just to be a cheap alternative to Champagne.

Codorniu Reina Ma C…

Tasting notes:Bouquet of pomegranate, tea, and grapefruit on the noseDelicate, soft texture on the palateHerbs, strawberry, vanilla, and spices on the finishThis wine delivers a nice combination of light, fragile flavors along with rich spice and vanilla. It is well layered and should please Pinot…

Two very enjoyable reds that evening. A striking Priorat, in quite a different style to the blockbuster Torres reported a few other days (although, interestingly, that one comes from a guy called Fredi Torres), and a really nice inexpensive Portuguese red that’s full of interest.

Sao del Coster Ter…

The Wine Cask was sent that wine for review by the good folks at Sam’s Club. It represents an embarkation to “Fair trade” products which purchases products from humans who are committed to paying their workers in every step of the process a “fair wage.”This Malbec is from the Mendoza area of Argent…

Some more pictures from the Bordeaux trip: Chateau Margaux
Better than Easyjet and Ryanair!

Chateau Cos d’Estournel, St Estephe

One of our helicopters, outside Chateau Perenne

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The tasting last night that I did at The Athenaeum was great fun. It is a little unnerving to be standing up in front of public with such huge IQs, and soon after to be talking on a topic that cuts across several fields of intellectual endeavour that I’m not really qualified to talk on (The percepti…

Some pictures from the last couple of days.
Chateau Latour from above, with the Pichons in the background.
St Emilion from the air.

Bordeaux versus Chelsea.

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