Sunday, 26 June 2011

Weekend of a few Smokes...

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After a quite boozy week of mostly (very good) Barolo I thought it would be a low key weekend from a booze point of view. So with some decen...
Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Not bad for a Monday

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A rather unusually good Monday night with a couple of colleagues/friends and a mate at No1 Lombard Street – we were very well looked after b...
Friday, 10 June 2011

7 go wine mad at The Connaught...staring Halifax, Newcastle, Sussex, new Sussex, London, Henley & Suffolk

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Last Thursday saw the return fixture from the http://duvaultblochet.blogspot.com/2011/01/6-go-wine-mad-in-yorkshirestaring.html tasting din...
Thursday, 2 June 2011

Conterno Blog 3...the vineyards

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Just some pictures from the two vineyards Roberto owns, first up is Cascina Francia. The first photo being of Roberto with the southernmost ...
Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Giacomo Conterno...tasting the wines

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Having grabbed a quick breakfast in Monforte we headed just south out of the town to Cantina Giacomo Conterno to meet up with Roberto (pict...
Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Locanda nel Borgo Antico with Roberto Conterno

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Last Thursday morning whilst still a little tired from the wonderful Clos de Tart dinner, Adam (MD), Alison (Buyer) and myself met up at Gat...
Thursday, 19 May 2011

Flying Dragon...

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Just by a chance comment on twitter with @LeeCrymble - I was saying that Ormes de Pez was a fair price but that I tended to buy Phelan Segur...