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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.
The picture above is a reminder that the primeurs tastings in Bordeaux loom large (the photograph is of Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte) and I anticipate tasting a great many delicious wines in most of the region's communes, plus the usual disfunctional bunch of try-too-hards who seem largely …
Like a cross between Hobbiton and Mordor: Burgundy village wreathed in fogRecent news of note is that Robert Parker has sold a share of his business to three young Singaporeans for US$15M. He remains at the helm, with chief editorship going to Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, formerly Parker's Asian e…
It's sunny, so it must have been the Monday of my trip to Burgundy (all other days wreathed in fog). Sitting at the table of a pavement café enjoying a punchy coffee and admiring the Beaune sunshineI've been back from Burgundy for a few days now and thoughts about the vintage - indeed wine in…
Cold-wise, there's been a distinct improvement. Discomfort has been minimised...although I suspect that my vocal chords in their current state would be better at communicating with rutting cane toads, rather than French wine makers.But spirits are flying higher than those of especially well victuall…
The mist has persisted all day. We attempted the road "over the top" from Gamay (where we'd been visiting and tasting at the Domaine Marc Colin) to the hamlet of Blagny. The thought was that we may find ourselves above the fog at altitude. Ha! The photograph above was taken more-or-less at the highe…
