It might just be down to me having the attention span of a gnat or maybe it was the translation from Catalan and Spanish to a heavily accented English; but I rather lost the thread. Roul Lopez engaged us, to one degree or another, with talk of yeast. I know, I know in...
Jubilee Beers
If it is possible to wrap a Union Jack around it someone has branded it a special ‘Jubilee’ product. Good luck if you are a collector for there are hundreds – special edition malts at hundreds of pounds, Jubilee Hampers and Union Jack encased chocolates. Who would have thought a tin of digestives...
Messina Hof Tripytch
A rare privilege, a few weeks ago, of a chance to sample some Texan wines here in the UK. You don’t see much, if any, Texan wine over here so to have these samples sent direct from the winery – Messina Hof – was a delight. The tasting, organised by Big Pinots,...
Drink Me! How to Choose, Taste and Enjoy Wine by Matt Walls
Drink Me! How to Choose, Taste and Enjoy Wine by Matt Walls
Page 35 – Blagging It, about sets the tone. “Now say one of the following: If it’s a recent vintage: ‘Quite developed for a young wine.’ If it’s an older bottle: ‘Lovely developed aromas coming through’ If it’s from the New World: ‘Clearly...
Goretti Wine Corks
Nothing says ‘great time’ quite like a grand collection of corks; and say what you like about screw-caps but they just ain’t as photogenic! Taken during a marvellous stand-up buffet at the Goretti Winery [Adegga / Snooth]this was just one little pile for they treated us grandly. The visit to the Goretti’s...
René Barbier, Penedes, Spain
Sadly you cant, as a member of the ‘public’ visit this impressive Moet-built and Moet-soon-sold vineyard-surrounded edifice. This is the winery for the René Barbier range of wines, one of the properties of the Freixenet group. One leaves with the impression that here, the slickly professional Freixenet people, are really not...
Wine Cellar at Freixenet
Rather pleased with this photo; so chuffed in fact that rather than keeping it for a Sunday Wine Shot slot later in the year, as originally planned, I’ve hastened its ‘release’ to today. In the dim light of the Freixenet cellars it is even more remarkable I managed to capture something...
Freixenet – The Key To Reserva
Freixenet – The Key To Reserva
As a follow-up to a rather enjoyable trip to Barcelona and Freixenet I’ve been delving into the delights of a memory stick. One of the files hidden within its virtual depths made mention of the famed ‘star-studded advertising campaigns’ produced by Freixenet, specifically one from 2007 that I’ve not...
Waiting for the Bottle
In the never-ending hunt for great and not too expensive places to eat in London the Angel and Crown in Soho has to be one of my favourite places. Only been once mind and maxed out of the overly large portion sizes and gentle atmosphere. Ostensibly a pub with a couple...
Chapel Down & World Malbec Day
Chapel Down & World Malbec Day
Today is World Malbec Day; who decides these things? Wasn’t it World Chardonnay Day a few weeks or so back? Wasn’t there a push for a Zinfandel Day late last year and a Sauvignon Sizzle dureing the summer? One forgets… As there are more grape varieties in Italy alone...
Opening the Bottle
From the huge bank of photographs taken during the excellent International Wine Tourism Conference held in Perugia, Italy and post-conference trips into the vinelands between Perugia and Naples. Not sure exactly who this is but it was taken at a Mozzarella and Pizza eating session at the Terre del Principe winery, deep...
