Douglas Blyde files this report from the recent Armagnac Castarede tasting at Angelus:
“I VENTURED to the beamed vault under ‘Angelus’, Lancaster Gate for an early tasting of old spirits. There, behind a glass partition on a scrubbed flagstone floor slumber crates of the 1er grand cru classé St. Emilion which ...
Journalists, sommeliers and leading Italian wine experts gathered in London on June 7 for the UK launch of Coevo from Cecchi. This wine, which has been greeted with great reviews since its launch in Italy, is Cecchi’s way of celebrating their region and the grapes which have made it famous. Coevo, ...
A visit I had been looking forward to for a while. This week I took the two prizewinners from Alexander House Hotels to Rioja to visit Marquis de Riscal. Riscal has the unique distinction of being both the oldest Rioja house (founded in 1858) and one of the most innovative. ...
God bless the world wide web. Something that I confess had never occured to me – the fact that Spain is the only wine producing country not to refer to their red wine as red (rosso) or black (negro) but instead as ‘tinted’ (tinto). Tom Perry, Rioja expert writes on ...
So the London Wine Fair is over for another year, and the experience of standing (and walking) for 9 hours a day is put back in the cupboard in favour of sitting at my desk for the same amount of time. It’s a bizarre contrast, but judging by opinion from ...
Daniel Hart is down in South Africa and sends this news of Iona, owner Andrew Gunn and his red blend, The Gunnar:
“Andrew Gunn has been growing Cab and Merlot for about 10yrs and has always made a fresh, vibrant and structured style. Syrah has been grown on the warmer, lower ...