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Drawing the Lignier line
It’s one the warmest nights of the year here, so far, and I am headed to a Burgundy dinner where everything being poured, including the chilled… read more
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Maamajomboo!
Rumbo Al Norte is the jewel in the crown of Comando G. It comes from a small 0.3 hectare plot in the village of Navarrevisca (ávila),… read more
Twenty Twenty Sassi-vision
Tenuta San Guido, responsible for launching the first Super Tuscan ever to come to market in the form of Sassicaia, revealed a first look at the… read more
Culture Vulture
It’s late October and Elena Fucci is about to begin the 2022 harvest. Her vines are planted at 600 metres above sea level in the volcanic… read more
Poulet Roi Charles
I have not eaten Coronation Chicken for a while now, in fact I don’t really get on very well with Chicken at all, thanks to a… read more
…all the time in the world?
We have all the time in the world, time enough for life to unfold, and of course to drink more good Claret and Burgundy, both dark or… read more
Les Deux Chevaux
“Deux Chevaux!” I am not referring to the fabulously economic French car, Citroen 2CV (deus-chevaux-vapeur), but two famous wines from two different hemispheres, and owned by… read more
Nunc est bibendum!
Now it’s time to drink! In the days of the Roman Empire, Felix & Obelix et al, wine always contained a certain sacred significance and was… read more
Lei-siling
Lei-siling, Rizling or Riesling depending on which side of the globe you find yourself on. In Argentina they would call this noble white grape Reeezlinn. Either… read more
Bravura! (part 2)
For whom the bell tolls, or should I say “is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell” Macbeth (W.S.) Going to bed late… read more