It has been a good couple of weeks. The 1996 Grand-Puy-Lacoste was so good that it warrants a post to itself, and may well get one. In the meantime I have been lucky enough to drink the following wines over the past fortnight or so.
Continue reading →The Bordeaux question is this: which is the greatest young vintage of Bordeaux? 2010? Or 2009, or 2005? I nailed my colours to 2005 a long time back. Some 2009s are a little too ripe for me and 2010s, whilst spectacular at the very top level, are mixed.
Continue reading →The whole point of the UGC tasting this year was thrown out, missed, lost – everything – by the organisers. The whole point of the UGC tasting in London, the tasting of the most recently-bottled vintage, is for the wine trade to go out and socialize with their peers.
Continue reading →I have just paid £3.79 for a bottle of wine. That’s about £3.16 ex VAT. Or about £1.08 in bond. This isn’t the point but it’s very much worth mentioning: from my £3.79 Mr Taxman gets £2.71.
Continue reading →At the end of Summer 2010, Ed Milliband was elected leader of the Labour Party. A few weeks later, the harvest in Bordeaux was coming in. A harvest that many proclaimed to be the greatest ever, and one that was certainly the most expensive ever.
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