Coming soon... Meet the Grand Cru Champagne Producers from Bouzy
The Secret Sommelier and Susan Adda cruise the Seine in Paris with Les Échevins de Bouzy; 11 Grand Cru Champagne producers.
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Tasting Grand Cru Champagne with Les Échevins De Bouzy
A Bouzy Champagne Cruise in Paris Cruising down the Seine with 11 Champagne producers from the world famous Grand Cru village of Bouzy; am I interested? “You bet!” I arrived to the boat, aptly named...
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How does St Emilion Grand Cru Classe 2015 compare to recent vintages?
Talking to Emmanuel de Saint Salvy from Chateau Bellefont-Belcier, Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé What can we expect from the 2015 vintage in St Emilion? 2015 is a very interesting vintage because at...
View ArticleClimate Change: Didier Gimonnet - Champagne Pierre Gimonnet et fils
“If the climate keeps changing a lot… probably we are going to produce great Burgundy in 100 years!” Didier Gimonnet is one of the brothers in charge of this stylish Grower Champagne that has earned an...
View ArticleBordeaux: Dourthe Begins 2016 Harvest
“We started harvesting our early Sauvignon Blancs at Château la Garde in Pessac-Léognan on 6 September, about 10 days later than last year” reports Dourthe’s head winemaker, Frédéric Bonnaffous. “We...
View ArticleInterview: Vitalie Taittinger gets excited about English terroir & reflects...
Nick B: I was talking to someone from another Champagne House and they said to me: “Taittinger Comtes de Champagne is great but the older vintages are special!” What would be your most memorable...
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Can entry-level Bordeaux charm the British palate?
Bordeaux seems to be a wine region that we all perceive as being a haven of bluechip wines that mortals are denied access to. The £8-£20 price range for regular drinking wines is perhaps not as popular...
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Chilean Malbec in perspective: Caliterra winemaker, Rodrigo Zamorano compares...
Setting the scene for Malbec The tasting was set up in the basement of Casa Malevo in Connaught Street London, a place famous for exceedingly high quality steak, a frequent food pairing for the malbec...
View ArticleTasting Champagne Bruno Paillard 2006 Blanc de Blancs
Bruno Paillard is a big name in Champagne, both as a man and as a brand. It was a pleasure to be invited to the launch of the Champagne Bruno Paillard, ’06 Vintage Blanc de Blancs and to meet Alice...
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Six ridiculously good cheese and port pairings you must try
When one of London’s oldest cheesemonger’s, Paxton & Whitfield, sends an invitation for port and cheese matching, you never know who you might find in the room. This is after all the Queen’s cheese...
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Six ridiculously good cheese and port pairings you must try
When one of London’s oldest cheesemonger’s, Paxton & Whitfield, sends an invitation for port and cheese matching, you never know who you might find in the room. This is after all the Queen’s cheese...
View ArticleTurning on the draught wine taps in London’s M Wine store
The suave wine store and eatery combined, located in the Zig Zag Building on London’s Victoria Street, M Wine has just installed a pair of draught taps for customers to drop in and get refills of two...
View ArticleThe Finest Rioja: Old World, Old School
What is it about this time of year that begs for open fires, roasted dinners and the taste of fine wines? It’s the latter that acts as a flowing ink joining the dots across memory and landscape. It...
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Mind expanding Rioja's - Cheek to cheek, not head to head! (part 1)
Wines from this famous part of north west Spain are part of the modern British psyche. In this first segment of notes we taste 1 crianza and 2 reserva’s. These examples are great examples of what...
View ArticleCan the new Corkscrew App uncork a new world of wine for food & wine lovers?
Many wine apps have set out to please mobile users but often have ended up in the trashcan as lack of necessity trumps usefulness. Is the new “sommelier in your pocket” app, Corkscrew, about to change...
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Fine wine & heavenly game; what winters are good for
I find myself eating far less meat than ever before for the main reasons that a lot of what we consume is poor quality, mass produced and environmentally damaging. That said, it is hard not to get...
View ArticleA few fabulous reds under £15
Check out these recently tasted tips: Absolute must for #Rioja lovers. Smooth bright cherry, ripe currants gorgeous vanilla from the French & American oak. Really smooth tannin, & to top it...
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Forget politics, Champagne Taittinger sees a bright future in England’s Green...
Introducing Taittinger in Kent: Domaine Evremond Much of the wine news is rightly centred on the recent frosts that have now claimed some substantial victims in southern England right on the back of...
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English wine week - if you haven’t already, it’s about time you did…
500 vineyards over 5000 acres.... If you like wine and you haven’t heard of the big English (& Welsh) wine boom then you must be living under a rock. With one million vines set to be planted in the...
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