I’m on a hunt for Franciacorta wines in the UK for Xmas. If you are a retailer, brand or agent please let me have details to share. If you are a wine lover and want to know where to get some, keep an eye on this page and blog! Leave me a comment below or [...]
Archive: November 2010
In my latest trip around the UK on wine duties, I visited the lovely Royal Baths Chinese Restaurant in Harrogate. The place is stunning itself, and the food was great (home-made dim-sum was wonderful and fresh) but the star was this noodle dish … that really seemed to be alive. I have no idea how [...]
I tasted my first Small and Small Sauvignon Blanc from the Advance Purchase deal with Naked Wines, so here’s a quick review of the wine posted elsewhere too: Small and Small Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2010 produced by Severne Street Wine Co in Marlborough, New Zealand, Note: I will be the first to admit that I’m [...]
Spanish wines have been on the UK shopping lists for some years, so you might expect that a tasting of 60 Spanish wines, selected by the buyers from the UK’s 10 main supermarket and high street retailers, would be a good indication of the state of the category. Well, maybe. First, a statistic. Of the [...]
Last night’s wine was a sample (yes, I get them from time to time despite my warnings, and sometimes they’re worth reviewing). Elyssia Gran Cuvee Brut, Cava, 11.5% A very decent sparkling wine, which happens to hail from Cava-land and one of the big boys in that game, Freixenet. This particular cuvee brings together the [...]
