A waltz through five Chardonn-ish wines From Wine Vids Domaine du Tariquet Côté Chardonnay/Sauvignon 2008, Vin de Pays des Côtes de Gascogne, France Quite tangy and smoky, with peachy, almost Mâcon-like Chardonnay characters sitting nicely with the crispness of Sauvignon. B+ Domaine du Tariquet Chenin/Chardonnay 2008, Vin de Pays des […]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
When you have a shoe and a wall, who needs a Screwpull? Reminds me of an episode from my youth when I was almost in a band called the Nonskills. I say ‘almost’ because there were too many guitarists. (Which reminds me of the old gag, How many guitarists does […]
No corkscrew? No problem…
Three good reds at £23.99 from Costco – that’s £23.99 for SIX bottles. From Wine Vids All of them are Wine of Origin Coastal Region. Quite surprisingly, my fave was the Pinotage. It had some of that classic banana and berry character, along with a whack of toasty chocolate wafer […]
Bellow’s Rock Wines from Costco – Bargain Alert
Whatever, or rather WHEREVER next? Embedded video from CNN Video
Hong Kong’s First Winery
Regular visitors may have noticed a glitch here from yesterday evening to now. Entirely of my own doing, the result of being over-confident with WordPress, but it happened in preparation for something new that (providing there aren’t further cock-ups) I’ll be announcing some time later in November. I cannot thank […]