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2 BE or NOT 2B
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…. 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
”The end is only the beginning”
…and in the beginning ‘Les Premices’ (or the beginnings) is a new wine for me, and probably for you too, from the Egly-Ouriet stable. Their latest and… read more
Solar Iris….
“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…. read more
Bum Bum Cha !
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… read more
It’s all in the name, or…is it?
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… 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
Wot No Chablis…
I am never really sure whether it’s absence or infact distance that makes the heart grow fonder. But either way and recently, I have been pining… read more
..not my cup of Lamproie
It was one of those humid mid-mornings in Bordeaux, circa spring 1982 that I had the good fortune of visiting Château Beychevelle (Saint Julien) for the first time,… read more
A Bonny Ambonnay…
Champagne Elgy-Ouriet, Montagne de Reims, is owned by Francis Egly and is considered today as one of the most conscientious and skilled vignerons in Champagne. He… read more