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Bravura! (part 1)
‘Hallo Meester! did you av goot day?’ was the nightly reception greeting at the hosterlerie I was hauled up in for a week in lovely Monforte… read more
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Sassenach’s 50th B’day
Just back in this office this morning, for the first time in 2022, and may I wish you all the very very VERY best of luck! … read more
Long-goer Dick Barton special vintage 2000
With all the doom n’gloom email and news that bombardes us, daily, the one thing that is a staple down here are our Wednesday lunches. An opportunity… read more
Hobboss Coboss
Vina Cobos was founded in 1997 by Paul Hobbs, Andrea Marchiori & Luis Barraud at Lújan de Cuyo, Mendoza. The production is centered on the release of wines… read more
Sassicaia in excelsis
1988 Sassicaia Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri This was Giacomo Tachis’ favorite vintage and he considered it to be even better than the 1985. The ruby color… read more
The Suckling Wine Of the Year 2020
Another bizarre twist in our wine year of Covid’20 is that making wine boring again is just not an option available to anyone, except me that is. Everything has to… read more
Una Porkueria (in three Porks)
Pork 1 In springtime London’98, I had the good fortune do have dinner for the first time, with two chums, in a restaurant called MORO, Exmouth… read more
Cuvée Pinchfart
As we begin this month of November C19-2020, some of us seems to be in a very ‘minor’ party mood, as we are now free to take… read more
Mon Brave, Mon Fortino!
Cantina Giacomo Conterno is one of the greatest names in all of the Piedmont. The estate was formed in 1908 when Giacomo’s father, Giovanni Conterno started a wine… read more
Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera
How are you dear reader! and welcome to 121 days of being ‘self-locked’ up for reasons political, medicinal? and plaguristical. Everyone seems to be becoming a… read more