Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Two Tenutas - Passopisciaro & Trinoro

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The wine world is full of passionate winemakers and characters and a few people who market their wines very well. Andrea Franchetti is all...
Saturday, 21 December 2013

The run-in to Christmas - Coche, Soldera, Dujac, Cappellano, Monfortino, Rinaldi, Rousseau...

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The last ten days has seen three particularly good lunches: Burgundy at The Ledbury, Italian at Zucca and then a mixture at Theo Randall in ...
Sunday, 8 December 2013

Some Mitjavile Magic...

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I am very late writing this up but last month there was a visit by Francois Mitavile and the main focus was a Masterclass and Dinner give...
Saturday, 7 December 2013

Two very different vintages - 2001 Grand Crus & 2003 1er Crus

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This was a very interesting tasting that followed on from two similar but different "exercises";  2010 White Burgundies  and  20...
Sunday, 1 December 2013

Legendary...

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Now I've been lucky to have a few rather splendid meals and wine line-ups in my time (far more than I deserve if I am being honest). T...
Thursday, 21 November 2013

Beef and Bordeaux at Hawksmoor...

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With the wine lover who set up this great  Lunch  leaving London for a while a Bordeaux orientated dinner was called for! Everyone brough...
Monday, 18 November 2013

A Chateau Coutet tasting with Aline Baly

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Rather splendidly Aline Baly (whose family have been Chateau Coutet since 1977) came in this morning to show four vintages Chateau Coute...