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Most recent entries
Big bad tastings
John’s 2010 vintage update from Gravillas
Wine, wine and more wine at Terroirs
A great, great Hermitage from Dard et Ribo
Ganevat’s superb wines in all their glory
Hidalgo Sherry Lunch at Chez Bruce
Great Unexpecations - L’Inattendu delivers the goodies
The first wave of new arrivals
Big bad tastings
Off limits for the on-trade…
Posted by Doug on 30-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
John’s 2010 vintage update from Gravillas
Lookin’ good…

Posted by Doug on 26-Jan-2011. Click here to read the full article
Wine, wine and more wine at Terroirs
I remember clearly - nothing…
Posted by Doug on 09-Oct-2010. Click here to read the full article
A great, great Hermitage from Dard et Ribo
Some incredible northern Rhone exposure…
Posted by Doug on 28-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
Ganevat’s superb wines in all their glory
Posted by Doug on 26-Jan-2011. Click here to read the full article
Hidalgo Sherry Lunch at Chez Bruce
The second in our Sherry and food matching lunches
Posted by Paul on 23-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
Great Unexpecations - L’Inattendu delivers the goodies
“Gris is good” - a gordon gecko hiding under the stones in the vineyard…
Posted by Doug on 23-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
The first wave of new arrivals

Posted by Doug on 26-Jan-2011. Click here to read the full article
Meta-Muscadet
Hello, bivalves, everywhere… And a crackerjack red Macon…
Posted by Doug on 13-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
State of the Wine Nation Musings
The Good, The Bad and Ugly again…
Posted by Doug on 11-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
A beauty of bevvies
Sometimes we taste good wines at our sales meetings....
Posted by Doug on 15-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
International Whine Challenge Awards
In an alternate universe somewhere at the end of Park Lane a strange event happened…
Posted by Doug on 13-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
Recently tasted - much appreciated
Mad Men may be good, but it ain’t a patch on this old Mad-iran…
Posted by Doug on 05-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
Diverse book reviews
Catching up on holiday reading. These are edited book reviews (reminds me of when I was school and one had to describe the book for 99% of the review and tack on a comment such as - “this is why I liked it!")
Posted by Doug on 04-Sep-2010. Click here to read the full article
