Tasting notes:Black cherry, raspberry, and cedar on the noseFull bodied and fruity on the palateMixed berries and eucalyptus on the finishThis is a decent wine that I put a few additional years of bottle age on in my cellar. I don’t know what the direct effects of that have been, but the wine seems…

Tasting notes:Cherry, red berries, and vanilla on the noseRound and slightly sweet on the palateCherry, red candy, and oakWell, I haven’t reviewed a “Two Buck Chuck” in a few years, so I thought I’d grab a couple bottles on a Trader Joe’s run. I need to level with you here- that run was a year ago …

I’m sitting in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt in Adelaide. But I have to be quick - Hyatt hotels seem to run a business model of gouging their guests. Still sore from paying £300 for half-a-dozen calls home from their Santiago outpost last year, I’m slightly resenting the A$15 they charge for just 30…

Just had a shower in the lounge at Singapore airport, and I now I feel human again. I arrived here a few hours ago and headed off to meet with Yixin, Jules and Hsien Min, wine buddies here.

We met at Thos in the Raffles hotel complex, where we sat outside in the courtyard drinking a very nice bottl…

This S. African red was given to us as a gift. It was recommended to our gift giver by the shop proprietor emphasizing terroir by “another red wine.”It is a black purple hued wine with an interesting bouquet of sweet berry and spearmint notes with a bubble gum and spice underlay. Nice!Palate–spic…

I’m in the BA lounge on my way to Singapore, where I’m going to catch up with some of my wine chums and thereupon get back on the plane to head for Adelaide.

There’s a nice selection of wines, which I’m trying now. I’ll blog them live.

Champagne Piper Heidsieck Brut Reserve NV
Taut, toasty and qui…

It’s kind of young, but I’m sampling a 2007 Vintage Port. It’s from Duorum, the new joint venture amidst Joao Portugal Ramos (famous winemaker from the Alentejo) and Jose Maria Soares Franco (who for 27 years was the man behind iconic Portuguese wine Barca Velha).

It’s incredibly drinkable - like m…

Check out that recent BBC News Piece on synaesthesia (the jumbling of the senses). It features Charles Spence, a researcher from Oxford University, who is working with Heston Blumenthal on a very interesting-sounding project…

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It has been a lovely day. One to cherish. It’s interesting how one good day counts for at least as many as three or four poor days, cancelling out all the negative energy. We went by to my younger sister’s place in Gerrard’s cross, where we met with her family, my twin sister’s family and my parents…

OK, last Riesling for a while. Had a glass with lunch and now a glass to finish the otherwise wine-less evening.

It’s Dr Loosen Blue Slate Riesling 2006 Mosel. 8% alcohol. It’s a slight step up from the Dr L Riesling (which is bought-in fruit) - a qualitatswein made from estate fruit, which retails…