It’s a bumper hot year across Bordeaux so far this year. All the tick list of vine growing points have been ticked so far, and a big crop of ripe berries is expected. When it comes on the market next year, the 2015 vintage should be shaping up to be full of flavour.
I started a chat with a guy I play cricket with here in London. He’s a New Zealander who…well…let’s just say has his opinions. I’m happy with that, I mean what’s the point in having an opinion if you’re not willing to say it out loud when talking about something. Sometimes I even agree with […]
A few years back a mate of mine and myself did a cookery course at the Cordon Bleu School in London. It wasn’t like we’re now amazing chefs or anything, but it was a skills course, so we’re both pretty handy now at what we think we should be doing!
Buying wine these days just keeps getting easier doesn’t it? You’ve got shops, the internet, and obviously your friendly neighbourhood wine broker to sort out all your wine needs. Surely the old method of jumping on the ferry over the channel and winging your way down those glorious French motorways to the Châteaux themselves to […]
I’ve noticed that one or two of the posts I’ve sent out on “Tasting Tuesdays” have mentioned that I recommend decanting the wines for an hour or two before drinking them. So what do I mean by decanting, and why bother do it?
There are these two “places” that get talked about all the time when people are discussing wine from Bordeaux. There’s the Left Bank, and there’s the Right Bank. I suppose it’s important to know what they are, if for no other reason than to get a rough idea of where things are down Bordeaux-way!
Nearly every bottle of wine coming out of Bordeaux comes from a Château. There are the famous ones like Château Margaux, or Château Haut-Brion. There are the not so famous ones, but still fantastic wines, like Château Moulin De La Roquille that we have the honour of stocking. All produced by the hundreds or even […]
