Chateau Latour 1997 Don't ask about the Alfoil.... Chateau Latour 1997 (Pauillac, Bordeaux, France) 13%, Cork (a ridiculously good cork at that), $277 (last Langtons auction price) Source: Friend's cellar I've bragged before about the …
More old goodies: 98 Petit Cheval, 90 Montrose, 83 Unico + more.... As mentioned here, I've been helping to 'drink out a cellar' recently, a task that is - given the …
Christmas drinks #2: Albert Mann, Antica Enotria and Troplong Mondot Christmas is the best. Or at least I think it is. It's all about test Cricket, long days, sunshine, ham, presents, …
Voyager Estate Masterclass As The Great Man himself noted in an article over the weekend (here), there are few wineries out there that do an annual benchmark tasting as well as Voyager. Sure …
Glorious German whites + old Bordeaux Is there a finer bargain in the world of wine than off dry German Riesling? I'd argue that few other wine styles will live as long …
Wine Masterclass - Tapanappa vs the superstars I've banged on before about the quality of the Tapanappa range, particularly the Tiers Chardonnay, and I recently had the opportunity to put this quality …
For all the criticisms levelled at the wine industry, it's nothing if not generous.This tasting was put on by Domaine Wine Shippers, one of the more renowned importers of French …
It's been a long week.A long week, punctuated by a shedload of interesting wines, but also by a distinct lack of note taking on my behalf.The following notes then are …
Drunk on Saturday, these two from Bordeaux actually show up the conundrum when scoring wine. Do you allocate a score based on how a wines drinking right now, or do …
Chateau Doisy Daene 2005 (Barsac, France)Cork, $50 375mlI don't drink much Dessert wine. That's not to say I don't enjoy it, but as everyone knows, the situation whence to …
