Archive for 2008

Joseph at the controls of a very large dump truck...and in heavenIt's been a while since my last post. Preparing a buying trip to the Rhône Valley, visiting friends in Essex, then Aberdeen, have all contrived to keep me from blogging. That's not to say, of course, that there's been little abou…

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I was very chuffed to be asked to preside, last week, over a rematch of the Judgement of Paris tasting or, rather, a similar exercise employing a more recent vintage.The tasting was to be at the RAC Club in Pall Mall and I arrived rather earlier than the 5 o'clock stipulated by the banqueting manage…

I'm on the train home from London after a fascinating tasting and wanted to give everyone an immediate sample of the evening's events.Eight wines, four senior clarets and four Californians, all from the notable 1990 vintage. What struck me was how easy it was to tell the French from the American, bu…

I am sitting here sipping from a glass of 2004 Pinot Noir from Central Otago, the latest address in a short line of Next Big Things all set to steal Burgundy's Pinot noir crown. And very pleasant it is too. It's quite deep in colour with a crunchy, varietal black cherry nose and offers an honest fre…