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This is the blog of wine merchant and communicator, Caspar Bowes. Caspar's blog features reports on new vintages, new vinous discoveries and his general musings on the world of wine.
Not been out and about with my camera, so all I can offer is another - rather dour - view from my hotel window.People have been telling me for some time what a good option New Zealand Air is to Hong Kong, so this time I took the plunge and booked my flight with them. They turned out to be cheaper th…
Pulsatilla vulgaris Alba like a plate of eggs levitating above the lawnWe are, this evening, drinking a bottle of the Roussette de Savoie that was recently despatched as one half of the April Daily Drinker mailing and, boy, it's a goodie. I appear to have opened it at exactly the right level of chil…
The sort of weather we had all week in ObergurglTwo days after returning from Bordeaux we headed out, en famille, to Austria and the slopes of that country's highest skiing resort, Obergurgl.Not being the scion of a skiing-obsessed family, I must confess to being an utter neophyte at this strangest …
A panning shot on the drive of La Mission Haut Brion, taken on Thursday morning.Back home at last and pondering a week of interesting tasting and an assessment of a vintage the qualities of which are far from clear cut.My last morning, I rose and breakfasted quickly and set off for St Emilion, there…
My tasting at Evangile this morningWeather apart (rolling and heavy showers have been waterlogging the soils of St Emilion and Pomerol for most of the day) today has proved a rather easier tasting session.I left early for my first appointment at Vieux Chateau Certan fearing the morning traffic, so a…
