Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

The Wine Society – some Loire recommendations

Congratulations to The Wine Society, which was voted Direct Wine Merchant of the Year by the International Wine Challenge 2010 (IWC).  I recently popped up to HQ in Stevenage to taste wines from my areas of focus (check out some great Portuguese wines here).  Here are some highlights from their Loire list: Chéreau Carré Ch L’Oiselinière de la [...]

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Loire Cabernet Franc Ambassadors 2010 announced; Anjou triumphs!

Just following up on last week’s blog (here) with news of the Loire Cabernet Franc Ambassadors for 2010.  Below you’ll find a list of the 35 wines selected by me, Jamie Goode, broadcaster Joe Wadsack and buyers Christine Parkinson from Hakkasan and Nick Room from Waitrose from a total of 103 submitted. Our brief, which [...]

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Domaine de Pallus – pretty as that picture

Tom Ford’s movie, A Single Man, provoked charges of style over substance from some quarters,  prompting me to wonder if they’d prejudged the movie.  Sure, directed by the ex-Gucci man it’s a stylishly realised movie, but with a tremendous emotional charge.  So what’s this to do with wine?  Well this week I tasted two rather [...]

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