Recently at auction we purchased quite a substantial parcel of 2000 vintage clarets. It was massive auction of one person’s cellar (although they only sold the 2000′s) that spanned over two days. With some very selective buying, we have managed to bag some phenomenal wines. Some of you may say that the 2000′s are too young [...]
Daily Archives: Wednesday 29 October 2008
Winter Wines list
Wednesday 29 October 2008 – 11:52
Our Winter Wines list has just been published in the middle of (if only for marketing reasons) a satisfyingly cold spell. It’s Sod’s Law that every time we print a list with any mention of the C-word (Ch***tmas) the sun seems to beat down unrelentingly for days afterwards. So, best offers? Look no further than [...]
Tasting and the calendar
Wednesday 29 October 2008 – 11:34
Monty Waldin’s recent TV series, Chateau Monty, detailed one wine writer’s attempts at making biodynamic wine in the south of France. Biodynamic agriculture is a curious mix of (pseudo)science first suggested by Rudolf Steiner (who also created an educational movement, the Waldorf schools) which revolves around extreme care of the soil (easy to accept) and [...]
