Archive for 2016

The tasting room at my first stop this morning: La Mission Haut BrionToday's diary didn't really work on paper so I decided to tweak it as per last year. My appointment at Chateau La  Mission Haut Brion was scheduled for 11am and it's always a long visit (of which more in a sec). Abiding by tha…

Display at Chateau du TertreThe weather's done a complete volte face today, deciding morning time is overcast time, threatening precipitation, then finally clearing into blue skies and bright sunshine.A busy day: lots to taste and a fair amount of travelling. I headed north to catch the Union des Gr…

Cos d'Estournel from the terrace outside the tasting room at LafiteFresh is not a word to describe the condition in which I find myself sitting here in my hotel room in downtown Bordeaux having just wrestled with Bordeaux rush hour traffic for the last two-and-a-half hours. Fresh is, however, an en…