Jim Chatto (pictured) comes across as a thoroughly down to earth chap. An impression which was utterly reinforced last August during a...
Tag Archives: Hunter Valley Shiraz
Following my three weeks of travels in Australia it has been damn near impossible to single out my two Wines of the...
I completely forgot to take any photos at this tasting but I reckon this photo of the venue (St Pancras Renaissance hotel)...
Hakkasan Mayfair was buzzing last Thursday, perhaps a little too lively (and dark) for a super-serious analytical tasting of wines but it...
Serendipitous timing that, in Brokenwood’s 40th anniversary year, flagship Brokenwood Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz should be elevated from “outstanding” to“exceptional” in Langton’s latest Classification of Australian Wine. And very fortuitous for...
Usually, I’m oblivious about major sporting fixtures but I do know that today sees the start of The Ashes. So I fully...
After this morning’s vertical of flagship ILR Semillon we returned to the corrugated steel roofed barrel room after a bite of lunch...
Pico, the Azores – the Santorini of Portugal? I have to admit that I’d thought of the Azores…
2011 Vintage Ports round up – 35 Ports reviewed I'm wary of being reductive but, if there's a phrase…
One of the wine world’s great bargains: 2011… A few years ago Luis Sottomayer (Head winemaker for Casa Ferreirinha and…
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Hi Sarah, Thanks for this great post! Reading your reviews makes me happy that I have a few bottles of (the regular) Noval from 2015 onwards!! All
Thanks for the suggestion. I know Lance Foyster quite well. However I have just found the Wine Society are now listing an Encruzado for £15.50