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.. ‘Paraíso’
I do love it when the message arrives from Bordeaux telling us what the new Mouton ‘Artist’ label is for their last bottled vintage (in this… read more
News
… saving Tinta from Barocca!
In the good old U S of A today (U.M.A.?) it’s Thanks Giving Day! I know that they all have a few days off and love a… read more
..getting Persnickety about Chenin Blanc
Varietal thinking is treacherous … but it seems to be conceptually necessary for us. How else can we keep the worrisome chaos of the wine world… read more
… have we all gone totally Bonkers?
Appearances can of course be deceiving, we all know that already, but sometimes things are not quite what they seem at first glance! That of course… read more
Rendez-Vous .. Deja-Vu!
Dimanche 19 Octobre 2025, Paris Arriving at Gare de Nord (Paris) on a Sunday morning and then taking a cab to my hotel on the otherside… read more
Lamy!
.. it that time of year when very very small amounts of top league Burgundy arrive in our cellars. In this case it’s the 2023 vintage of Hubert Lamy’s top notch Saint-Aubin. … read more
– The Argy 100 –
The Argy 100 may sound like a throw back to the good olde days of National hero Juan Manuel Fangio, known locally as ‘el Chueco’, the winner of five… read more
Nineteen Fifty Nine Haut-Brion
The first case of proper wine I ever professionally sold, August 1985, was a sealed Original Wooden Case of Chateau Haut-Brion 1959. We gently opened the case in the… read more
… Vini homogeni!
The most striking thing about some of the wines that I have been tasting (& drinking of course) these last July days, whether at Trade tastings… read more
Il Duemilaventuno e cento punti!
Il Duemilaventuno di Sergio Manetti is 100% Sangiovese harvested from the estate’s oldest vineyards, that we know as Le Pergole Torte. Aged for two years in a single Slavonian oak cask. Only 1,000… read more