Vanya Cullen’s 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
We’ve just shipped Vanya Cullen’s 2007 cabernet sauvignon (to sell in 2010). We were so impressed with the quality of this Margaret River vintage, I asked her to write a sentence with her impressions....
View ArticleThe Wine Society Strikes It Rich. Again.
The Guardian Victoria Moore writes: Membership of The Wine Society may cost £40, but for the wines it has on offer that’s something of a bargain. “Can’t speak,” I texted my brother. “I’m about to be...
View ArticleAndrew Neather on Lebanese Wines
Evening Standard Andrew Neather looks at Lebanese wines and says that: In a Rhône style, the syrah based LE381 Château Ksara Reserve du Couvent 2007 is highly enjoyable, full of sweet, baked fruit...
View ArticleWines for Salad Days
… or should that be ‘giorni di insalata‘? Having just returned from a delightfully lazy few days in the Wye Valley, eating outside for most of the time, I simply must share my four top Italian tipples...
View ArticleBordeaux – berets and rugby
I was coming back from Bordeaux last Friday and was in the rather small departure lounge given over to easyJet and other ‘charter’ airlines. I couldn’t help noticing a group of around 20 guys wearing...
View ArticleMuscadet – Region in Crisis or Reasons to be Cheerful?
Just back from an early harvest visit to the Pays Nantais where I was struck by the many contradictions in this rather sleepy vinous corner of France. 2007 and 2008 were both short harvests, with...
View ArticleWe’re certain it’s Certan
Last night’s tasting with Alexandre Thienpont featured 10 vintages of Vieux Château Certan, Pomerol, where Alexandre has been making the wine since 1985, following on from his father and grandfather....
View ArticleKumeu River: Ten Years Back
Earlier this month I met up with Paul Brajkovich from Kumeu River and he treated me to some older vintages of his Estate Chardonnay. We tasted five wines going back ten years to 2002: The 2009...
View ArticleTahbilk Marsanne: Beauty Before Age
How many wines cost £10 or less but can age for 10+ years? A few well-known styles spring to mind (German riesling, some but by no means all Beaujolais..), but a ubiquitously happy hunting ground is...
View ArticleOne foot in the Graves
Little did I know how spoiled we would be when I jumped at the chance to attend a tasting of Graves wines in London just before Christmas tutored by The Wine Advocate’s Neal Martin. Neal chose two fine...
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