1990 Bordeaux for Starlight
Recently I spent a couple of hours opening up all the 1990 1st Growths, Ch Cheval Blanc and a very small handful of 2nd Growths for a Starlight wine dinner
Recently I spent a couple of hours opening up all the 1990 1st Growths, Ch Cheval Blanc and a very small handful of 2nd Growths for a Starlight wine dinner
Avid readers of this blog will already know of our enthusiasm for the wines of Andre Quenard in Savoie. Robin wrote up her first visit in 2009 and two years later we are still singing their praises.
The invitation email from our host read as follows: each year I organise an evening to provide wine lovers with an opportunity to open those one (or two) notable bottle/s
It is common knowledge that one of, if not my favourite restaurant, is The Pantechnicon on Motcombe Street. I seem to get drawn in by the thought of the superb chili squid
You will not find a much better example of how times have changed in Bordeaux in recent years, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries than the tale of Pontet Canet.