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Yearly Archives: 2009
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 […]
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Tried this wine aerator recently – as you’ll see from the film, I wasn’t convinced by its performance. Notes on the wines used: Le Dog de Jean-Marc Merlot 2008, Vin de Pays d’Oc (£5.49 Morrisons) Solid plummy fruit, hints of vanilla and spice, nice easy glug but still with a […]
Vinturi Wine Aerator put to the test
3+1 pinks Bit remiss of me to forget about this trio of pinks from the Wine Society. However, they arrived in mid-September rather than mid-June, so presumably the Society folk feel that these aren’t just wines for warm weather – let’s see how they fare… 2008 Viña Leyda Loica Vineyard […]
First Taste October 2009
The language of wine has long been incomprehensible to normal people. And the more you’re sucked into the pleasures of the world’s finest beverage, the more you find yourself engaged in wine-speak yourself, and also sucked into thinking that the intricacies of wine are of universal interest – they aren’t, […]
Wine from Spar – now speaking your language
Apologies for the rather lame title, I did try to think of something more stimulating, and then I made the mistake of putting the word ‘Gang’ into Google Keywords – bad, bad move… If you don’t know the Wine Gang, it’s a group of five of UK wine writers – […]