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Aloxe-Corton, Tollot-Beaut, 2006
I’ve been a W man for so long that people are starting to call me George Bush. So, when will you believe my double dip recession prediction? You might have to admit defeat at the end of Q1 2011, if GDP growth is negative for the second quarter. But I must admit that even I...
Allen Meadows and the Wines of Domaine Fourrier
Allen Meadows, a.k.a. Burghound, moderated this entertaining Seminar featuring the owner and winemaker of Domaine Fourrier, Jean Marie Fourrier. Domaine Fourrier has a four generation history in Gevrey-Chambertain and was one of the first Domaines in Burgundy to export wine to the United States. The Domaine experienced a revitalization with the arrival of Jean Marie...
Assorted Whites – Chablis, Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Gris and a low-alcohol intro
Torres Natureo Muscat 2009 (£5.99 Waitrose, Booths, Partridges, Soho Wines) Clean, fresh and grapey, but you get the feeling that there’s something missing – donut wine… C(-) Domaine Laroche Chablis St Martin 2009, Burgundy, France (£15.99 Libe...
Domaine Armand Rousseau Gevrey Chambertin 2002
Burgundy, France. Pinot noir. 13%. Cork. Half Bottle.My twenty three year old Milan Kundera paperback has seen better days. The glue is weak and the pages dusty, brown and growing frail. I was curious to see if the staccato chapters laden with existent...
Recent Random wines that I am writing about
I've had a lot of wine over the holidays and beyond and thought I would give my impressions on certain bottles. 2008 Cos "Pithos" - This is the white version of this wine or orange if you want to get into specific wine geek nomenclature. I had this at ...
Domaine Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 2005
Corton-Charlemagne, Burgundy, France. Chardonnay. 13.5%. Cork. Half bottle. Cost: Arm.Exceptional. A buxom blond in a tight sweater. Full, rich, spiced and a seam of oxidation and imperfection which makes this all the more alluring. Baking spices, butt...
Sunday Lunch for the Ages – A Guided Tour of the Early Days of Rosenthal Wine Merchant
This past weekend I participated in one of the greatest wine events of my life. Neal Rosenthal and his wife Kerry Madigan made lunch for a group of people and opened a slew of wines to share. This was not a business lunch. The only wine business people...
Wine of the Day #40: Glen Carlou Pinot Noir 2009
How much? R150;
Where? Glen Carlou, Northern Simonsberg on the Simondium Road 27 (0)21 875 5528;
Why? Not as ripe as usual, this baby Burgundy is still very much in its sour cherry, cranberry infancy but the family resemblance (colour and nose) to the ...
SIPS: An unusual California offering — white wines from Dierberg and Star Lane released with a little bottle age
Something quite different arrived at my door the other day. As part of a sampling of new releases from a California producer, the two white wines in the shipment caught my eye because of their vintages. One was a chardonnay and the other was a sauvigno...
Burgundy Wine Club
The first rule of Burgundy Wine Club is: you do not talk about Burgundy Wine Club. The second rule of Burgundy Wine Club is: you do not talk about Burgundy Wine Club. We've only just begun and I'm breaking rules already. But blogging about it isn't exa...
My 50 Best Wines of 2010
What could be more straightforward than that? Not that all lists aren’t arbitrary in some degree, but after going through all the posts from 2010 on this blog several times and doing some cogitating and sighing and reluctant winnowing, here they are, The 50 Best Wines of 2010, as experienced by me and written about...
On Wine Glasses
I have a lot of wine glasses, but they are mismatched, as I have broken many over the years. I have three Ravenscroft glasses, for example, that I use for Cabernet Franc and Syrah. I had four but I broke one. I replaced it one day before hosting a dinn...
