A Taste Of Cabernet Sauvignon 2024 Great Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the noble varieties. And once you get a taste of Cabernet Sauvignon from a great producer, region, and vintage at the correct age, you’ll be … Read more
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How To Drink Old Bordeaux. Great wines 15 years +
What is an old Bordeaux? When you’re talking about the pointy end of quality, I mean Cru class from Left and Right Bank. I think they start looking old at … Read more
Bordeaux 2020 En-Primeur a good vintage for gorgeous Bordeaux
Bordeaux 2020 is a modern vintage. There were short periods of drought, excessive heat, thunderstorms, a bit of hail. Past vintages would be summed up by one of those traits, … Read more
For Your Cellar – Bordeaux 2016 En Primeur
It is my favourite time of the year. Since Bordeaux En-Primeur is a fairly antiquated idea, every year I wonder if its time has come. But for my 15th En-Primeur campaign … Read more
Bordeaux 2010 @ Pei Modern 25/11/13
The last Bordeaux 2010 dinner was so good we did it all again three weeks later. Different wines and a new venue to keep it interesting and away we went. Bordeaux 2010 recap. … Read more
Drink My Cellar For The Heart Foundation @ Scopri 22nd November 2013
For the past two years I have been proud to raise funds for the Heart Foundation. To help achieve my goals I pulled a whole bunch of wine from my … Read more
Bordeaux Dinner 2010 Vintage @ Mezzo 04/11/13
This is my favourite dinner of the year. This is when 12 of us gather to taste the newly arrived Bordeaux. Most of us had bought our Bordeaux two years previously, … Read more
Bordeaux 2009 @ Mezzo 03/09/12
Bordeaux 2009 – WOW! Not since the 2005 vintage Bordeaux (of which I did three separate tasting in the space of a week) have I felt the need to write ‘wow’ in … Read more
Bring A Bottle Night @ Matteo’s 06/08/12
Twice a year everyone in our group digs into their own cellar to share something special. Each wine has to be 10 years old and European. They are all served blind and therefore … Read more
Understanding Bordeaux Part 1. The Wines To Love
Bordeaux is one of my favourite wine regions, through the years I have been able to taste more of these wines than any others (except maybe Burgundy). You can see some of my … Read more
Dinner at Mezzo 07/05/2012
Having missed one month due to work pressures, the Mezzo crowd were all pretty keen to catch up and taste some seriously good wine. And we were far from disappointed … Read more
Matteo’s Dinner 06/02/12 – Bring A Bottle Night
One of the highlights of the year is Patrick’s Bring A Bottle Night. Not to take away from his hard and inspired work of assembling wines of a theme and … Read more
Wine Notes
A selection of wine notes from wines I have tasted in the recent past that I have enjoyed. There is no theme except for great wine. JL WOLF JESUITENGARTEN GRAND … Read more
Bordeaux 2001 – Matteo’s Dinner 05/12/11
One of my most favourite traditions (second only to Burgundy on Boxing Day) is Patrick’s Monday dinners held every second month at Matteo’s in Brunswick. This month we get to look at Bordeaux … Read more
