Archive for 2017
The 2016 primeurs campaign is in full-ish swing and I find myself as exasperated as the negociants in Bordeaux to whom I have been talking. The chateaux are at it again. 2016 is a seriously big vintage, yet the wines are being released in minuscule tranches in order to force the market ever higher.P…
I scooped up a few mixed cases from my own portfolio the other day as I had noticed there being a number of wines in my collection that had been on their plateaus of maturity for some time. And of each that has appeared on a Bowes Wine offer at some time in the past I intend to record a tasting vide…
On another note, I have recorded a number of video tasting notes of Bowes Wine offer wines past in recent weeks. On our YouTube channel you can view my opinions on:2009 Château La Tour de By, Médoc2012 Château Chantegrive Cuvée Caroline, Pessac-Léognan2003 Chât…
View from Deans' YardChurch House in Dean's Yard in Westminster has become something of a regular venue for tastings various and I make my way there from Westminster tube on autopilot: a state that did not make me oblivious to the irony of a judas tree flowering within the yard itself.This was an an…
N.B. Following hail during the growing season, production on some of these wines is much reduced. Please feel free to request whatever wines are of interest, but confirmation - and invoices - will not be remitted until June.Whites2016 Alsace Lieu Dit Berg Riesling, Chapoutier£108 in bond per 6…
