By Juel Mahoney, http://www.winewomansong.co.uk/
Bordeaux 09 at Lord's
Ejafjallajokull may have told Europe to kiss it’s ash during the week, but volcano or no volcano, the 2009 En Primeur show must go on.
No volcano was going to stop Bibendum’s annual Bordeaux tasting, nor the punters from tasting a good vintage nor the winemakers to show off a great year. Anthony Barton, …
By Gal Zohar
Erica in full swing
Who said that wine drinking and sports can’t be real partners? Our blogger’s World Cup of Wine surely proved otherwise. Then again it all depends on what counts as real sport.
Thursday night saw some of the best food & wine bloggers in London gather not only to taste wine but mainly to decide which …
by Niamh, http://eatlikeagirl.com/
A wine loving Gorilla
Wine is one of my favourite things. A glass with a friend or over dinner is one of the most pleasant ways to spend an evening. A bold and spicy glass of red for winter, or a gorgeous sparkler for summer, for every season and occasion there’s a glass of wine.
I’ve been exploring and …
By Robert Giorgione, robertfoodwinetravel.blogspot.com/
Old Block Shiraz
After a quick recovery from Petaluma’s Rieslings (see previous post), it was was Toby Barlow’s (St Hallett Winemaker/Site Manager) turn to take the stage. St Hallett was established in the Barossa Valley in 1944, but the first vintage of “Old Block” Shiraz was the 1982. However, it was with the 1985 wine, which …
By Gal Zohar
Haut Brion Horizontal
Some lunch breaks are better than others and some are really special. Last Wednesday I was amongst the lucky few who found themselves seated in our boardroom turned serious wine tasting space. The special occasion was an horizontal wine tasting of the 2004 vintage from Chateau Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. A …
By Emma-Jane Bailey
The action
There’s something special about Champagne. Always has been, and I hope there always will be. Last week’s Tasting Club chose to focus on bubbles from that very specific region of France, and once the rather stringent rules controlling the production of the original fizz have been explained, you begin to realise why it tends to cost …
By Samantha Sherwood
Melnik
A tiny village on the Bulgarian/ Greek border that hosts a couple of special wineries. Named after the white chalk soils that surrounds the village it also gives its name to the local red variety. The Melnik vines can grow only on these local soil and cannot be found elsewhere.
The hours of bus journeys and trekking up to the cellars …
by Dan Coward
I spluttered my proverbial cornflakes all over my computer screen when I caught up with Neal Martin’s latest Wine Journal exploits this morning. He was reporting on the worst tasting ever…rather proudly I might add, for such an inauspicious occasion!
As well as being the masterminds behind London’s best wine shop tasting experience, The Sampler in Islington, …
Happy Easter everyone! We’ve been pretty much overun in the office over the last week or so. Bordeaux is kicking off – what…the wines are out already? We’re beavering away on our annual wine list and getting ready for the Trade Fair in May (find out about the exciting seminar we’re hosting here). All in all…we’re pretty knackered. BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE!!!
On the 3rd April, the world lost a little more of …
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