The Southwold Tasting – 2012 Bordeaux
The Great Claret Tasting at Southwold has become one of the highlights of my year. 250 odd wines from one vintage, in this year’s case 2012. 20 tasters, peopl...
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2007 Red Burgundies at Medlar
At the end of this dinner, at the excellent Medlar, one of the more senior attendees said something like this: “When I first started doing these, it was about g...
Three bottles: Hew Blair
I remain intrigued by the question of who knows what and who doesn’t in the UK wine trade. Tasting, talking, drinking and working with the former camp has taug...
A spot of Champagne
I’ve tasted a lot of Champagne over the past few months, and have more of an opinion on it than I have done for quite some time. “Overlooked from an investment...
Vertically challenged: 25 vintages of Angelus
St Emilion: the Lost Boy. In that: what does St Emilion taste like? What is the epitome? Pauillac tastes like Lynch-Bages tastes like Batailley tastes like P...