The Petit Verdot grape is best known for its role in Bordeaux, where it adds colour, fragrance and tannin to several top Médoc wines. On its own, it’s generally a bit too assertive, deep and rich, the sort of wine you sometimes wish would go away and learn to be […]
Daily Archives: January 30, 2009
My thanks to my mate Nadim for passing on this from this month’s British Psychological Society’s monthly research digest: Practising describing wines could help you become a connoisseur “Hmm, it tastes peachy, gutsy, with a pinch of wild berries,” the wine connoisseur says after swirling the Chiraz [sic] round her […]