Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Chateauneuf-du-Pape

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The final stop of my wonderful tour de France. It will be a brief one, unfortunately. At one of the caves I had a brief introduction to thes...

Paul Jaboulet Aine

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La Chapelle - On the right: The legendary Chapoutier l'Ermite vineyard La Chapelle is owned by Paul Jaboulet Aine , although the sur...
Monday, June 8, 2015

M Chapoutier

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The legendary terroir of Hermitage The next tasting was an extraordinary tasting at M Chapoutier . Similar to Guigal, the busin...

Cave de Tain

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                    Can you spot the odd one out? The following day, we tasted at Hermitage, arguably the birthplace of Australian Shira...
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Guigal

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                   The tasting table at Guigal. Note the number of bottles Driving down to the Rhone now. First stop at Ampuis is Guigal...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Burgundy (2)

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                                         Three grand cru from Chambertin The second tasting was at Domaine Trapet in Chambertin, in th...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Burgundy (1)

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Burgundy is complicated, but not as complicated as one perhaps thinks. In contrast to Bordeaux, where the chateau is the 'unit of inter...
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Monday, June 1, 2015

Bordeaux Conclusions And 'How Can The First Growths Defend Their Ratings For 150 Years?'

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The Bordeaux Wine Experience provided me with an extensive experience of drinking First Growth Bordeaux wines in one week. Some were from le...

Farewell Bordeaux

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The final 'Harvest'   A (significant) number of wines were had at a final farewell dinner. I will just report on a few of them...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Photos of Champagne and Bordeaux are now uploaded

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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Pomerol And St. Emilion

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On the Right Bank, I visited the small, but important subregions of Pomerol and St Emilion. The first stop was at Chateau Gazin , the fourth...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Margaux subregion

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The following day I was off to the Margaux subregion. The first stop was at Chateau d'Issan , where I tasted the 2010 and 2011 vintages....