Yearly Archives: 2012


Roxanich Rosé 2008, Istria (£22 Pacta Connect, The Vineyard, The VinBin, Market Row Wines) Has a warm welcoming cooked strawberry richness, lightly perfumed, maturing, but still with perky fruit, fascinating, like red Burgundy with a spicy edge. S Piquentum Rouge 2009, Istria (£19 Pacta Connect, The Vineyard, The VinBin, Market […]

Wine Tasting Video: Rosé and Red wine from Croatia


Golden Valley Grasevina 2011, Slavonija (£8.99 Marks & Spencer) Gewurz meets Riesling, floral and musky with lychee, grapefruit and lemon fruit, touches of herbs and ginger, and a zesty finish. B(+) Pilato Malvazija Istarska 2011, Istria (£12.49 Marks & Spencer) Majors on fleshy texture rather than out and out fruit […]

Wine Tasting Video: Seven whites from Croatia




Harvey Nichols Pinot Noir 2010 (Framingham), Marlborough, New Zealand (£18.00 Harvey Nichols) Reasonable plummy strawberry flavours with a touch of spice, but there’s also a stewed edge that speaks of slightly heavy-handed winemaking and just-too-ripe fruit. B(-) Louis Latour Mercurey Rouge 2009, Burgundy, France (£16.99 slurp.co.uk, The Wine Cellar, T […]

Wine Tasting Video: Pinot Noir from Marlborough, Burgundy & Sonoma ...