Not to be one always looking back, whenever I start a new year I try and think about all the great times of last year and it helps me get really up for all the challenges and possibilites for 2020. So whilst most of you are doing Dry January or something equally as healthy to …
I got called out by Phil Cox from Cramele Recas during a tasting we did at his place. I’ve always been of the school of thought that to make a difference as an up and coming wine region it’s important to promote your local varieties. I didn’t tell him that was my view, but he …
Anyone know any Norwegian? No? Right, well a bit of translation is in order then! I’ve been spending a few days with my in-laws and they’ve taught me a bit more slang. Roughly translated it means “it’s shit warm!” Apparently a lot of people use it as an expression, although I’m not going to test …
At the minute there’s a lot of push to change the thinking about certain wine regions. For example, somewhere like Bordeaux wants you to know they can do good bulk brands as we’ve seen with Mouton Cadet. On the flip side, somewhere like Australia wants you to know that they do fantastic premium wine, and …
Thanks very much to my future brother in law Mr Paolo Actis for taking it for the team and trying this for me in my absence this week… “Thanks Mike for letting me guest review the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon from Hahn Winery.
How could I have gone all the way through 3 sets of American wines over the course of NWTW and not at some point pick a burger? Well it couldn’t last could it?
Sometimes the choice of wines we have over here in the UK can be a bit of a bugger. Especially when it comes to trying to convince your mates to have a go at a Californian Cabernet Sauvignon. I’ve been having a good old think myself.
I said in my first post of this week that Cabernet Sauvignon is the legendary red wine of California. Is that strictly true? Hmmm, I’m not actually that sure. It’s definitely the grape that produces the wines from Napa in particular that go for hundreds of bucks in swanky LA restaurants. I know that much.
I hope you all had a good time with your Californian Chardonnay’s last week. Ant got proper stuck in and gave his first 10 out of 10 for the year. True the bottle was £60, but if you’re into wine, and you’ve got a spare few quid, then why not, eh? And he’s on holiday, …
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