No wine snobs here, just enthusiastic drinkers of all wines
The first of four red wines from the Christmas Wine Tasting at the Lion and Lamb. This Pinot Noir is from the Errauriz Estate in Chile. Set up back in 1870 this vineyard was the first to introduce French Grape varieties to the area. Given the number of excellent Chilean Malbecs I have enjoyed I … Continue reading Errazuriz Pinot Noir 2018
We've all seen the shocking news of the fires raging in Australia. The loss of life and the devastation to the land and wildlife is horrific. Whilst not top of the agenda the Australian wine industry has also been badly effected with many families losing their livelihoods and years worth of work. Here is an … Continue reading Fires in Australia
Whilst trying to research yesterday's wine I came across this fantastic website about Californian Wines that does a nice job of breaking down the different wine areas in California. You tend to forget just how big and area it is and boy do they make a lot of wines. Click on the image below to … Continue reading Californian Wines
First let's start with the fact that I loved this wine. It had that fruit/floral mix that I enjoy. To me it tasted of melon and heady flowers. Though the description says it is melon and honey (yep I think of honey as floral) plus the ubiquitous Apricot. I'm working on recognising this flavour, it's … Continue reading Bioletti’s Block Viogner 2018
In honour of the Alsace Pinot Gris wine, whose tasting notes I wrote up the other day, here is Winefolly's take on this white wine region on the border of France and Germany. Seems there's a lot more to the region than the Gwertraminer wines I've traditionally enjoyed. I feel some more tastings will be … Continue reading The Alsace Wine Region
The third white wine at the Christmas Wine Tasting at the Lion and Lamb this is a Pinot Grigio from the Alsace region in France. I was in two minds about this wine before trying it. Alsace is one of my favourite white wine region, but usually for Gewertraminers. I not a big fan of … Continue reading Arthur Metz Pinot Gris 2017
Recently I wrote up the tasting of a French Petit Chablis and it reminded me of just how detailed and confusing the French classification systems are. When I did the WSET 2 qualification we learnt the main wine classification systems and when reviewing France I remember thinking 'there's no way I'm going to remember all … Continue reading Getting to Grips with Wine Classifications
My last winetasting was a Petit Chablis and it got me thinking what exactly is a Petit Chablis, do they use smaller grapes or something? Turns out it's a sort of quality label. All Chablis wines come from a wine sub region of Burgundy in Northern France, basdd es around the town if Chablis, and … Continue reading Petit Chablis vs Chablis
The second white wine at the Christmas Wine Tasting at the Lion and Lamb this French Chardonnay was my least favourite of the night and left me completely baffled. For a start I've no idea who made it. According to the bottle it's from the union de viticulteurs de chablis. The notes that accompany the … Continue reading UVC Petit Chablis 2018
So here we in 2020 looking forward to another year filled with new and exciting wines. Who knows where my tastebuds will take me this year, but here are some recommendations from top Sommeliers on wines to look out for this year. Click on the image beliw to open the full article by forbes.com
