Southern Rhone
Trying Rhone Wines
So last week I headed down to this Rhone touch exhibition. As I said yesterday it was run by the Rhone wine marketing board in partnership with Central Saint Martins Art School. As much as having a great time and seeing all the cool stuff the students had come up with, it was also about …
New Wine This Week 58 – The Verdict on Gigondas Week
Ok boys and girls, I’m afraid I’m going to have to start doing some more serious tasting notes. I’ve got to get into the swing of it before my tasting exams, so I’m going to use this blog to start writing some serious notes. But don’t worry, they’ll have a translation with them! Let’s kick …
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New Wine This Week 58 – Food Pairing for Gigondas
I did a New Wine This Week a few months back when we did Côtes Du Rhônes. Gigondas is a smaller appellation within the Côtes Du Rhônes, so I could really just re-use that food pairing, but I won’t.
New Wine This Week 58 – Grenache, the Silent Assassin
Amongst all the famous “international” grape varieties, I reckon Grenache is one of the least talked about. Merlot, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon. We’ve all heard of them. Grenache is that grape that they dabble with in Spain and the South of France a bit, right?
New Wine This Week 58 – What and Where is Gigondas?
“Chateauneuf Du Pape!” Anyone who’s ever watched Only Fools and Horses will have heard Delboy shouting this one out when something’s not gone great for him and his brother Rodney. Such is the fame of the AOC, it even made it into Delboy’s script! It’s definitely the most famous in the Southern Rhône.
#NWTW Week 38: What We Thought of Côtes Du Rhône
So this week I’ve been late and lazy up to this point. That kind of carried on til this morning as a combination of polishing off two bottles of Côtes Du Rhône last night and a messed up phone battery (hence no alarm clock!) left me dozing in til gone 10 o’clock. One of those …
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#NWTW Week 38: It Ain’t ‘Alf Hot, Mum!
The Rhône Valley, and in particular the Southern Rhône, is right up there as France’s hottest vineyard area. It’s right on the Riviera, where all the rich and famous (and people who don’t know any better) go on the their summer holidays to soak up the sun and sea breezes. The grapes are doing exactly …
#NWTW Week 38: Côtes Du Rhônes
That’s it guys and girls. Summer’s over, and it’s time to pack away the sunnies and the flipflops for another 8 months. Not all bad though, especially if like me if you’re a fan of red wine and comfort food to keep the cold at bay. And we’re starting this week.
#NWTW Week 17: Sunning Grapes in the South of France
As a British kid growing up in the 1980s, I’m fairly familiar with the South of France. I’ve got all these memories of family holidays down at campsites on the coast. Most of these memories revolve around my poor dad having to drive us from Liverpool to Perpignan via the Dover to Calais crossing. Three …
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