Around the world in 47 Pinots

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Pinot Noirs from a host of countries compared. 

Alex Hunt MW, he who had the good fortune to taste a decade of Lafon Montrachets recently, and who used to write excellent columns for us, recently repeated a tasting devoted to international Pinots. You can read my account of the version held two years ago in Pinots from around the world. Last month's version, held at altitude under a glowering sky at Fora, a workspace in Borough just south of London's highest building, The Shard (see picture), brought home to me just how good Pinot Noir from outside Burgundy can...