Bangkok, Thailand
4 days in the City of Sin We returned to Bangkok after a month in Hanoi, Vietnam. After a short flight we zipped into the city on the express Airport Rail Link. Having previously spent a week in Bangkok, neither of us felt the need to do anything touristy. We did have a list of...
Red Wines…
Below is a partial list of grapes used in making red wines from the Vitis vinifera grapes. This list may not be complete in its entirety, but is significant in helping you find a few new wines you may have never heard of before. I’ll post a list of white wine grapes tomorrow! Red grapes...
Mai & Kenji Hodgson (Anjou, Loire)
Kenji & Mai Hodgson in their chai Rablay-sur-Layon, Anjou (Loire) This is a beautiful story at the crossroads of British Columbia (Canada), Japan and Anjou in the Loire, which brought Kenji and Mai in this beautiful village of Anjou (As...
A few highlights from our 2011 European wine travel experiences
The pleasures of travelling in wine regions never cease, and there were some stand-out experiences in 2011 that were unexpected, wholly satisfying or simply joyful. Below are a few highlights of our travels last year that have not been covered on this blog elsewhere. With more than a month gone in 2012 already, here is...
Bugay Vineyards 2007 Sonoma County Zinfandel
Regular Retail Price:
$34.00
The Wine Spies One Day Price:
$25.50
Varietal:
Zinfandel
Region:
California: Sonoma...
Natural Ville Executive Residences, Bangkok, Thailand
Catch the Sky Train, places never been before……….. We have been to Bangkok before, but we hadn’t stayed at Natural Ville. Natural Ville in Bangkok is an apartment hotel. The welcome was professional and friendly. We checked-in and went up to our room on the ninth floor. Our room was a decent size, light, and...
Colicchio Is Coming to the Hamptons
He'll be running a restaurant and hotel, Topping Rose House, in the former Bull's Head Inn in Bridgehampton.
Villa Antinori Toscana 2007 wine review by (PB)
Deeply pigmented black cherry hue to the rim with a bouquet of Sangiovese fruit but a somewhat sweeter impression. Sweet cherry is what you get from a distance with slight tobacco and dark berry notes.Palate--Varietal fruit up front with slight dark be...
Epicuro Nero D’Avola 2009 wine review by (PB)
Nice black cherry/garnet hue with big cherry aromas with sweet candy cherry notes.Palate--gentle tannins, integrated,sweet cherry fruit foundation with a nice cherry finish. Sicily means Nero D'Avola and this is a very nice wine for the price.This is ...
Custard Cider
Donnybrook, Western Australia. 4.5%. Approx $A4.20/bottle.The Original is pleasingly golden and turbid, the bottle has a hand written best by (28/7/12) date on the back. I'm learning to accept what I would find a taint if it were in a glass of wine; it...
Pierre Andre Bourgogne Pinot Noir Reserve 2009 wine review by (PB)
Bright cherry aromas and strawberry notes.Palate--Tightly wound, strawberry with a little white pepper with a good front presence but fleeting. I bought this at Trader Joe's for around $12 I think. It seems to list elsewhere for considerably more. ...
