2022 Bordeaux – Southwold on Thames
My recollection of tasting the 2022s from barrel is patchy; I’m not sure why. I recall a theophany of sorts at Latour, a Grand Puy Lacoste that summed up every...
Category: Vinous
The Ostrich Effect
About a year or so ago, at a restaurant in Charlotte Street, an Argentinian winemaker – one of the best – asked me about the market, and how I thought his lates...
Nicolas Potel
Back when I wasn’t quite sure what I was doing, when I had considerably less knowledge but considerably more enthusiasm, back when I wanted to learn everything ...
2021 Bordeaux | Southwold on Thames
Impatience, which is probably my most obvious flaw if not my worst, almost brimmed over multiple times during last month’s Southwold tasting.
Crystal Palace v Nantes
It was pretty dull really, especially so in the second half. We miss Olise and, if Mateta goes cold, it’s going to be a long season. The evening that fo...