By Juel Mahoney
What’s the collective noun for a group of barons?
That was my first question entering a room filled with Château Pichon Longueville Baron. There’s no other way to describe it – the whole room smelled… expensive.
Take the classic characters of Pauillac and multiply it by ten: cigar box, blackcurrant and cedar. It is an old Bentley of a wine …
Number one pick on a day like today has got to be the awesome Bisol Jeio Prosecco, a favourite from the Wondering Wine Company list and one of their top selling wines from this summer’s run of events. Its affordable, elegant bubbles proving a real winner this summer.
By Will Lowe, http://www.willlowe.com/
When I was asked to write an article on dairy based cocktails, my head was immediately filled with the sound of Calvin Harris singing “it was acceptable in the 80’s”. Fortunately, it’s a short song, so it wasn’t long before I was able to focus on the task at hand.
Fashions in what …
By Rob Pickard
With the 2011 harvest in Europe coming to a close, our friends from the Cote d’Or, Domaine Roux Pere et Fils, sent us some fantastic photos from this year’s fun and games in the vineyards. From St Aubin to Chambolle-Musigny via Vougeot, check out their photo diary from the 2011 …
By Andrew McCarthy, Bodegas Castro Martin, http://bodegascastromartin.com/blog/
I apologise for the delay in this last post of the 2011 harvest, but I do have a good excuse…. I was not here! The last day of picking was conducted without me as I flew off for an important Trans-Atlantic appointment – more of that tomorrow.
In the meantime my …
By Rob Pickard
This week saw the launch of Bibendum’s very own delivery vans, with the trucks sporting our colours and loads of photos from our travels around the world and recent events.
With Bibendum’s move to Trade Team, it was possible to put our own stamp on our delivery vans with a blank canvas available for our …
On Tuesday, I was speed tasting some of the reds at our W1 tasting to check for TCA or other problems before we opened the doors. I wasn’t taking my time to think about balance, fruit or quality. I wasn’t writing notes and mentally composing potential food matches. It was open, pour, sniff, slurp, spit and …
By Gareth Groves
Yesterday was our Bibendum W1 trade tasting, held in the grand splendour of Chandos House in central London. Our resident photographer, Tom Jacques, was out and about with his camera and we’ve published some of his shots below. You can see more on Tom’s Flickr page.
The wines were looking great. Vietti Barolo …
By Andrew McCarthy, Bodegas Castro Martin, http://bodegascastromartin.com/blog/
We continue our highlights on the harvest at Bodegas Castro Martin in Spain’s Albarino country. Below is Day 4, 6 and 7 from owner Andrew McCarthy’s harvest updates.
My Very Own Harvest Supporter – Day 4
I seem to spend my time moaning about inaccurate weather forecasts, and day 4 of …
By Fabio Bartolomei, http://vinosambiz.blogspot.com/
Last Wednesday evening/night (14th September) we:
1) Pressed the Tempranillo that we had harvested two weeks ago, and
2) Crushed about 500 kg of Graciano that we bought in from our friend and fellow natural winemaker, Samuel Cano, from la Mota del Cuervo, a small town right in the middle of La Mancha.
We did both tasks a bit in parallel and a bit …
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