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Tag Archives: Burgundy
Old wines with the old folks
A few years ago a friend introduced me to a mutual friend thinking we’d get on because of our shared love of wine. We met for dinner to which this mutual brought some superlative Burgundy but sadly I couldn’t stand … Continue reading
Booze interview – Glen David Gold
Glen David Gold is probably best known for his debut novel, Carter Beats the Devil, and its follow up Sunnyside. When I was in publishing I worked on the publicity for the latter and we spent a very pleasant, at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Wine articles
Tagged Bordeaux, Burgundy, California, Geoffrey Wolff, Glen David Gold, San Francisco, This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff, Wine
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The ultimate Bouef Bourgignon
How good does a wine have to be to cook with? I remember talking to a wine writer a few years ago and he went to a very posh restaurant in Paris. He ordered a dish that came with a … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Bordeaux, Bouef Bourguignon, Burgundy, French wine, Hermitage, Rhone, Wine
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Would you spend £119 on a bottle of ‘Pommerol’?
One of my favourite articles from last year came from LA Weekly entitled Hatchet Hall’s Wine List Is A Cruel And Maddening Joke. The author, Besha Rodell, has great fun with a list that is designed to baffle and exclude rather … Continue reading
Posted in Restaurants, Wine articles
Tagged Blackheath, Burgundy, Le Bouchon, le comptoir, Los Angeles, Muscadet, Wine
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You Lidl beauty: Côtes du Rhône Villages Chusclan
Like many I was swept up in the excitement of the discount retailers : no brands! huge packs of bratwurst! cardboard boxes everywhere! I kept on trying to get my wife to go to Lidl instead of Tesco’s or the pricey Ocado … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Burgundy, Côtes du Rhône AOC, Lidl, Ocado, Rhone, Tesco, Wine
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Two wines kept too long
A very quick post today as a sort of addendum to my article on cellaring ordinary wines. I bought a few bottles of Qupe syrah 11 from Majestic last year. This is their basic syrah from the Central Coast of … Continue reading
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Tagged Algeria, Beaujolais, Burgundy, majestic, plonk, qupe, rugby, Syrah
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Oxford & Cambridge Blind Tasting Challenge
One of the great jokes of the wine trade is: – ‘Have you ever confused Burgundy with Bordeaux?’ – ‘Not since this morning!’ Last week I realised it isn’t a joke. I’d been invited to take part in the Varsity Blind … Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux, Burgundy, Cambridge, Oxford, Pol Roger, Trenton Oldfield, varsity
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Look no further, here are the perfect Christmas wines
I wrote in an earlier post on no longer being a wine outsider. Well just to seal my establishment credentials here is a post that is dedicated to plugging a temporary offer from a retailing leviathan. It’s that time of … Continue reading
Posted in Wine of the week
Tagged Burgundy, Christmas, Dao, Sémillon, Scotland, Tesco, Thanksgiving
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Fine dining in the Cotswolds
We’ve just come back from Chipping Campden where we were celebrating my wife’s birthday without our daughter. I was looking forward to visiting one of those fine dining place where there are enumerable courses, foams and a man with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bennetts, Burgundy, Chipping Campden, London, Nandos, Restaurant, Types of restaurant, Wine
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Henry's World of Booze 