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Clos des Lambrays

2 weeks in my father and step-mothers magic house in Cogolin in the south of France seems a distant memory as the body readjusts to the cool of Britain. The journey down was legendary, punctuated by a stop in Beaune...

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Stop Press: Burgundy Dinner October 21st 2008

It should be an easy thing to organise a wine dinner – after all we’ve been doing it for years. And even if we say so ourselves, we’re pretty good at it. But we had not bargained for the vast...

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A pair of 2005 Rhones

2005 was a brilliant vintage in the Rhone. On the whole the wines are concentrated, beautifully balanced and many are looking forward to a long life ahead of them. The question is – when can we tuck into these spicy...

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2007 Burgundy – A First Glimpse

The beginning of July marks the time when we descend upon Burgundy to get our first glimpse of the new vintage by tasting through the whites and the lighter styled reds from Chablis to Beaujolais (the wonders of the Côte...

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Dolcetto d'Alba Vigna Scot Cavallotto Fratelli 2006

Love him or hate him, there is no doubting Robert Parker’s influence and experience. His Wine of the Day today is Cavallotto Fratelli’s Dolcetto d’Alba Vigna Scot 2005.  

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