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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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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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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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I have long felt first hand the benefits of a regular in-flow of red wine, but never having excelled at science the actual explanation eluded me. A recent article in the Economist throws some useful light on this delightful subject...
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A recent study (picked up by the ever-watchful Jancis Robinson on her excellent website) by the Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University proposes a revolution to the 1855 Classification.