It’s that time again. Time to inspire me to spend more money on drinks, even though the WineArk cabinet can’t be closed properly and the Amex is maxed out.
So, what wine, beer, and other refreshing liquids have you been buying and drinking this month?
It was a quieter month for cellar additions in July, with only a small top-up of Julien Cecillon’s delicious Saint-Joseph (because I love Saint-Joseph) and some Domaine de la Noblaie Chinon. Both of which are classic representatives of style and place, plus they fit the medium-bodied but generous red fruit profile that my family loves (and let’s be honest, that’s who ends up finishing my bottles).
On a buying tangent, in the latest example of ridiculous first-world problems, I have too many magnums of Bollinger filling up the storage cabinet of late and not enough 750ml bottles, so there will be Champagne purchases in the coming weeks. Or maybe I just need to suck it up and bring out the big bottles…
What about you? What have you been buying/plan to buy this month?
I spent most of July on a multi-island Indonesian holiday with a lot of these:
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