One option, which I have not bought yet but definitely will, is the DeLong Wine Grape Varietal Table The other, is to start learning the piano and improving my singing:
Archive: September 2010
The Nerello grapes, Nerello Mascalese and Cappuccio, are astonishing me each time I try them. Grown on the sides of Mount Etna (only, as far as I know) give a deliciously ripe, dark fruit wine but with an unusual spicy, mineral, peppery style. Not overripe, but nicely concentrated. This pair of Etna wines are definitely [...]
I bought this wine as part of a mixed case from Flagship Wines. I asked them to send me “something different” and this was one of their interesting choices – right on the money. It cost just over £10, so a fair amount for proper experimentation, and its main grape is Tintilla de Rota which [...]
The Joshua 2008 produced by Teusner Wines in Barossa Valley, Australia, Note: Amazingly rich, jammy, raspberry and strawberry nose with a tickling of black pepper, which then blossoms in the mouth, like supping on a deliciously smooth, slightly tart, raspberry coulis seasoned with crushed black pepper. Delicious, moreish and full bodied. This wine is very [...]
