Archive for 2017

This is my view, mid-tasting at François Lamarche in Vosne-Romanée. The map is useful and saves one asking lots of questions about the exact location of the domaine's vines. And I always remove the cone-shaped lid from the spittoon. With it in place, I have all too often found myself o…

To all Hong Kong-based clients...The next Seabrooks shipment to Crown Wine Cellars is due to close on 20th December and will arrive in the SAR on 26th January.We have already been receiving numerous requests for wines to add to this boat: wines both from clients' cellars that are now ready to drink …

It's Christmas, so that means presents. And sometimes it means presents for those tricky-to-buy-for friends, relatives and colleagues.Bowes Wine might just have the answer to all life's little dilemmas (at least those of the sort outlined  above; we are altogether unable to assist with the alle…

I returned from a short trip to Burgundy late on Wednesday evening following three days of pretty intense tasting. A full report will follow (this in lieu of nightly blogging for which I no longer, I feel, have the stamina), but I can tell you now that 2016 has…

Something for fans of the great Château Musar...2014 Plaisir du Vin, Château Heritage, Bekaa Valley£13 inc VAT a bottleN.B. This is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, the rest Syrah and Cinsault. And I think this will keep a couple of years...if you can  keep your corkscrew sheathed, tha…