It’s that time again. Time to inspire me to spend more money on drinks, even though the wine fridge is full and the Amex is maxed out.
So what have you been buying and drinking this June 2023?
I have a wad of vouchers to still use (they just accumulate, how can I say no?) at various retail sites, so the temptation was very high to buy ‘all the wines’. But I didn’t, instead settling for some Klein Constantia Vin de Constance, Bibi Graetz Testamatta & Haut Bailly, largely because the price was too mad to ignore.
There has been a lot of beer emptied this month too, with this new series of single hop IPAs from Mountain Culture among the absolute highlights (Both the Centennial & the Simcoe have been great, with wonderful packaging to match). Freshness, purity, power, the whole gamut of beer flavour.
Conversely, the latest WCIPA releases from White Bay have been a big disappointment, with the White Bay What’s Your Reality WCIPA & I’m Sleeping In both curiously lager-y and flabby in a distinct style change. Please White Bay, get back to where your IPA once belonged.
Finally, I took a bottle of thie Montbourgeau Chardonnay out to dinner with a few non-wine friends and it was universally disliked, just to remind that oxidative Jura whites are an esoteric wine person drink that tastes ‘off’ to most normal human beings.
FWIW I I liked it, even if the hazelnutty flor wildness is omnipresent. Has a lovely gracefulness to the palate, though the 14.3% alcohol is noticeable with a bit of broadness to finish.
Enough me, what about you? What did you buy and drink this month?
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