Archive | February, 2010
Do Selosse the Champagne!
Our house has been on tenterhooks this last month as my partner completed the finishing touches to her Masters’ dissertation (People & Organisational Development, not Wine – one wine nut per house is quite enough!) This week came confirmation she’d passed, so last night we celebrated in style at The Greenhouse, whose wine list – [...]
Continue reading...Bibendum Winter Sale & Fine Wine Price Drop Sale
Posted Thursday 4th February 2010
I’m back from the Loire Salon in Angers via Australia – the Australia Trade Tasting in London that is. Bibendum’s Winter Sale started on 2 February and, though it’s mighty rare for anyone these days to understate their deals, I did find more than 50% off a few wines, including Petaluma Tiers Chardonnay 2003 – [...]
Continue reading...Rieslings to be cheerful, part 1,2 not 3…
Posted Monday 1st February 2010
A cheeky reference to Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll, the excellent Ian Dury biopic? Yes and no. We’re into February, not my favourite month of the year, and I’d love to be transported somewhere warm and sunny. So if my monthly selection, two Rieslings, seems a bit perverse, there’s your answer! Grosset Springvale Watervale [...]
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Posted Saturday 6th February 2010
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