Enjoying Wine

“When I think of Mendoza, the first thing that comes to mind is the word diversity. We have a privileged terroir that offers endless soil profiles…
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Reasons to be cheerful, somewhat grateful, and has there ever been a time in our recent history, let’s just say 90-100 years?, when so much good &…
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What better way to start the Carnival 2022, extra long, week-end down here than with a local dinner accompanied with some of the top wines today…
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In a presentation on Monday 1st Feb., Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon (Chef de Cave) unveiled the famous prestige cuveé from Louis Roederer, Cristal 2014 which was disgorged in June last year, 2021 and comes with…
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So it goes! The wine tasting season, 2022, finally kicked off down here last night with a lovely line up from Tuscany and a little, and very good…
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Are you putting enough a tiger in your tank! Well, it´s a terrific year if you happen to be born in 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974,…
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We used to have an office (years 1990-98) and a little duty paid wine cellar in Blantyre Street (off Cheyne Walk) right next to the River Thames….
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“Man was created by Nature in order to explore it. As he approaches Truth he is fated to Knowledge. All the rest is bullshit.” says Dr.Sartorius….
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Last night’s tasting kicked off with a fun and highly creative ‘surprise’ wine. A lovely way to end this November 2021. The bottle had travelled south to…
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Some big names that have touched my life over the last decades, in both the wine world, art world & the normal world (whatever that means…
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