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Below are notes on some top-quality wines that are actually ready to drink, and available to British wine lovers by the single bottle – admittedly provided another 11 are bought.... |
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The notes below were taken last week at wine merchants Roberson on Kensington High Street, where a line-up of eight vintages of Château Lynch Bages alongside two of Averous and one of Blanc were... |
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Two sizeable verticals, one of St-Julien second-growth Ch Léoville Poyferré and one of its sister property Ch Le Crock in St-Estèphe, were tasted in Bordeaux last March with Didier Cuvelier... |
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A & B Vintners Little Tawsden Spout Lane Brenchley Kent TN12 7AS tel +44 (0)1892 724977 fax +44 (0)1892 722673 info@abvintners.co.uk... |
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2006 A coolish summer was followed by an Indian summer punctuated by two bouts of rain but the grapes were healthy enough to withstand them. Promising. 2005 Reduced crop of decent... |
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2007 Very wet spring but the region had a much drier summer than most of the rest of France. Wines and tannins are very ripe. 2006 Some very lusciously fruited wines that may not... |
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2007 A dank summer led to rotten Pinot Noir grapes and the need for extremely strict selection. The vintage is unlikely to notch up record scores. 2006 Poor summer with vine health... |
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2007 Complicated year requiring great precision with both picking schedules and selection. The top properties succeeded yet again. 2006 Not that much botrytis influence.... |
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2007 The season’s low temperatures benefited these dry whites, as in 2006. With white winemaking improving each year, dry whites were Bordeaux’s real triumph in 2007. 2006 The... |
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2007 An extremely difficult year for growers, with rampant mildew, not enough sun, too much rain until September. Thanks to an arsenal of modern techniques, not least rigorous selection, those... |
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For an introduction to the region and to this series of profiles , see The right road to northern Greece and Greece backs indigenous varieties . Civil engineer Yiannis Papadopoulos... |
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It has taken some time for me to publish the next lot of tasting notes from one of the little notebooks I keep with me for significant wines enjoyed at well-laden tables. The first appeared here... |
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The Japanese wine market is evolving steadily with more education and global awareness, but Japan remains a modest wine-consuming country. Although Japan has already experienced some... |
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The wines stole the show at the Broadbent v Parker tasting at London wine merchant Roberson last night. For me it was more of a beauty contest for the wines than a boxing match between... |
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The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University has just published a detailed review of the 1855 Classification of the Médoc and Graves, proposing specific revisions to it based... |
