News for June, 2011
Wine of the Vintage - including some of the 1st Growths
Thursday 30th June 2011
Much more enjoyable wine (a nice concept that in wine don’t you think? Does anybody remember laughter... ) than Lafite and Haut Brion I have to say. And best I have tasted as an en-primeur here.
Eglise and Eglise - a tale of 2 Eglises
Wednesday 29th June 2011
The Petrus you can afford to drink between yacht purchases, Eglise Clinet is an awesome wine these last few years and its ascendancy to ‘unclassified 1st Growth’ Pomerol status is assured...
VCC - a modern classic - Ducru, Palmer, La Mondotte, Troplong
Tuesday 28th June 2011
The end is nigh, so we can all go home to our normal (!) lives...
Back to the Cos d’Estournel I love
Monday 27th June 2011
‘The good news is that following last year’s excursion to various ports in the New World, Cos d’Estournel has returned home to the more tannic, “classic” style
97 Point Diatom Offer
Tuesday 21st June 2011
Like the great Northern Burgundies all the elements are in there for a complex development in bottle...
Best Baron since the Red One, a fine Marquis, Bran(e)aire
Friday 17th June 2011
Would help to pick a winner at Royal Ascot to pay for it of course but if you want the best I guess...but for sure the greatest Picon B I have tasted at EP.
St Pierre , Branon and others
Friday 17th June 2011
Saint Pierre 2010 up there with Leoville Poyferre in quality terms...
Vedrenne Supercassis takes Gold at International Spirits Challenge 2011
Thursday 16th June 2011
We'll be toasting the latest Award for Supercassis with a Kir Royale....
BFT Launches Dedicted Website
Monday 13th June 2011
Britain's only dedicated annual fortified wine tasting now comes complete with added website ......
Bordeaux 2010 in Full Swing (as last!)
Thursday 9th June 2011
Fabulous in 2009 possibly better still in 2010 – like a 1982/1983 Margaux analogy – Marquis de Terme was released yesterday but I felt the need to spare everyone yet another offer as all hell broke lo
A Big Day for Bordeaux 2010 Releases
Wednesday 8th June 2011
1st tranche Pontet-Canet gone but today a huge swathe of Bordeaux 2010s were released, some more of the top guys and some real bargains to boot.
Pontet Canet - £1169 - Is it a 5th or a 1st Growth?
Wednesday 8th June 2011
M. Tesseron and his talented team have produced a really fine honed beauty...
Latest Bordeaux 2010 Release
Tuesday 7th June 2011
Now then, now then, a later PM release from one of the Pauillac properties run by the very likeable, urbane Francois-Xavier Borie of Grand Puy Lacoste fame.
Bordeaux - It's Alive!!
Tuesday 7th June 2011
The global wine trade has had a worried frown on its face for quite some time. Sitting in lonely vigil beside the prone lifeless body of Bordeaux 2010 .....
NEW TASTE - McManis Wines score highly at the LIWF
Friday 3rd June 2011
Unmistakably Californian - in the best possible way - and excellent value for money!
Quinta de Azevedo Vinho Verde Hits the Silver Screen!
Wednesday 1st June 2011
Birds with Bottle, Sandra & Mel, give the thumbs up to the delicious Quinta de Azevedo Vinho Verde 2010. Just look at that beautiful screwcap!
This Morning in the World of #EP10
Wednesday 1st June 2011
The squirming lobster of offers has been thrown into the bubbling cauldron of Bordeaux futures this morning ....
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