Three bottles. That clever young MW: Thomas Parker
A few things about Thomas Parker. He is the youngest MW there is. He is one of the most demon tasters I have met. He’s a Palace fan.
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Three bottles: Steen Öhman, the Winehog
A few years back I came across winehog.org. It’s creator, Steen Öhman, had picked up on something I had written for my then employers (I still wake up angry, BTW) about a bottle (well, two, actually) of 1929 Musigny that I had drunk with Bernard Repolt, Nice Guy Eddie and a bunch of other guys, […]
Continue reading →Empire of Booze, Henry Jeffreys, and three bottles
There are wine books and there are wine books. If you are just starting to learn about wine you need two books: “The Oxford Companion to Wine” (Jancis Robinson) and “The World Atlas of Wine” (Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson).
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“The Very, Very Ripe, Very, Very, Very Tannic 2010 Vintage In Bordeaux-Miraculously, Some Great Wines Found Alive On the Battlefield”. Now that is a title for a piece, and I do love a contrarian. If only I had the balls to write what I actually think…
Continue reading →Three bottles: The Hosemaster of Wine
How do you introduce Ron Washam, the Hosemaster of Wine? Two things: First: I’m not sure if there is anyone better at cutting through the confidence trick that is often intrinsic to the business of wine.
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