Cesanese del Piglio DOCG
Cesanese del Piglio DOCGIf Maximus drunk wine you can bet your bippy it was Cesanese del Piglio. Leave the monks their Est! Est!! Est!!! and the senate their sweet Mulsum, Casanese del Piglio is a wine for tough guys and Lazio fans. Cesanese del Affi...
Tignanello 2008
Tignanello 2008Antinori's Tignanello 2008 has officially reached the status of wine bling. One of a handful of Italian wines (particularly Super Tuscans) set to climb in price over the next 12-18 months, out of reach for the majority of UK wine buyers ...
Masciarelli Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2009
Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2009Bugger! Walking away from Bermondsey Street, home of the WSET (wine skool), I was pretty sure I'd blown my latest round of exams on the WSET trail. Questions about Montepulciano d'Abruzzo I'm pretty sure I aced, ...
Antinori – Castello della Sala – Cervaro della Sala 2009
Antinori Cervaro della Sala 2009 Name: Antinori Cervaro della SalaGrapes: 85% Chardonnay, 15% Grechetto*Alchohol: 13%Classification: IGT Umbria While all the world's wine bloggers are enjoying a jolly good knees up in Perugia at the #iwinetc, I thought...
Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Reserve 2009
Zind Humbrecht Pinot Gris Reserve 2009I am incredibly suspicious of Zind Humbrecht, for it has joined the ranks of random phenomena that follow me around and make surprise appearances in my life. Like the number 47 or that "Express Yourself" song by Ma...
Joseph Drouhin Grand Cru Grands Echezeaux 2004
Joseph Drouhin Grand Cru Grands Echezeaux 2004In between the heat wave of '03 and the evangelising of '05 came the often dismissed Burgundy vintage of 2004, a brilliant year for nabbing choice bargains both in Burgundy and Bordeaux. Whenever I get a ch...
Anselmet Wine
Anselmet WineIf you've found this page chances are you've recently been on holiday to Italy, had a bottle of Anselmet wine and immediately arrived home and hit up Google to find your nearest retailer. Right?Right! The good news is: huzza...
Valle d’Aosta Wine
Valle d'Aosta WineThe Valle d'Aosta; currently synonymous with numerous oddities, skiing, snow, castles, Savoy, Italians speaking French, being tiny, many things, although the Valle d'Aosta produces fabulous wine, some extraordinary and celebrated, the...
