Three bottles: Eric Asimov
The best sets of answers in this series are always the toughest to introduce. I started Vinolent in 2009 for a number of reasons, one of which was the paucity (...
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2012 Bordeaux: the wines of the vintage
Vintages like 2012 – which is to say tricky ones – set the men from the boys apart. Sure, there are over-performers: Capbern-Gasqueton, Batailley, Lagrange, d’...
Three bottles: the inimitable Barry Phillips
Anyone for a legend? I knew that these three would be good: there was no question at all about that, but, like the man himself, there is that final sparkle tha...
An incomparable three bottles: Roy Richards
In the text below I have a challenge. I have some diamonds, perfectly cut. They are beautiful in themselves. To set them in metal seems pointless; it’s tempting...