November is the month of both ´giving´ and ´thanks´, and I had the good fortune to share & enjoy a bottle, with huge thanks, of the 1999 vintage Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs “Cuvée S…
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As flight BA1982 from Heathrow started descending, over bumpily for my liking, to Guglielmo Marconi Airport (Bologna) at the end of last month, the captain announced on his…
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Ornellaia derives from two Italian words. ‘Orn’ refers to ‘ornello’ or ‘ornielli’ meaning ash tree or ash trees in Italian. The Ash was prized in Tuscany…
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! and in the words of movie actor Michael Caine (in full Cockney accent please) ´´..and not many people know that!´´ Well, you now know the good news is…
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To begin at the beginning, there was Stolzle, a Spiegelau, a Schott Zwiesel and then a Riedel.  ´´It´s spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent…
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A case in hand is worth two cases in the cellar´ (Alas, the birds have already flown, and the bushes have been well pruned!) Having received…
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When was the last time you went to New York? By the way, this is not an existential question by any means. I last visited New York…
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Sell in May and Go Away was a well-known adage from the Square Mile referring, of course, to an underperforming market from May (to October?), in contrast to the busy period…
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Egly-Ouriet is undoubtedly still one of Champagne’s top producers, sitting comfortably alongside world-famous Krug, Selosse, and others. Under the careful stewardship of Francis Egly, a fourth-generation…
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