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My one and only trip to the southern states of America left very strong and very happy memories.
These range from breakfasts in Savannah to sunny lunches in genteel Charleston. They encompass particularly long 'cocktail hours' in New Orleans, under the tutelage of the late RW... More...
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See also my tasting notes on these wines. Which vintage of red bordeaux is the best value? This is a fair topic for anyone with a classic wine collection. There aren't many obvious candidates from the last decade of the last century and among the wines of the 1980s there are many examples... More...
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From Aus$8.99, €9.60, £6.66
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Well, here's a surprise! An Australian Chardonnay from one of the worst vintages in living memory that I honestly think is great value. I wasn't very keen on the 2010 but this 2011 blend for De Bortoli's DB Reserve... More...
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See also Amaronics - the extraordinary economics of Amarone .
'The drama of Amarone is that the world cannot get enough of it. Its success is such that it is now completely beyond the control of the Consorzio della Valpolicella'. Words spoken by Emilio Pedron (below right) on... More...
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Wait until you get a d-mag riesling now that is sexy nothing like the d-mag but more like a montrachet d-mag but they are rare , i was at the auction in 2010 when the g=max 09 in d-mags was put up. More...
had a Chateau Devillaire 2010 St Emilion tonight
absolute cracker of a wine for 20 euro. Well balanced, complex and long, extremely satisfying. Did not notice either excess tannins or acid, nor. More...
well i see the biggest offenders are the german wine traders who buy g-max at 120e then sell at 350-800e per bottle maybe they did not sell to people at the time but kept g-max a few years to cash in. More...
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