I’ve posted a few times about my ambivalence about posting tasting notes. My dilemma is that I don ... and therefore think any tasting notes I write are largely meaningless to anyone that doesn’t know me ... . I am compelled to therefore continue posting tasting notes, however supercilious they may appear to be. I just wish I could think of something else to call them other than “tasting notes.” Some...

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North Shore Liquor present a tasting of the Elderton range with Allister Ashmead at Credo’s private dining room. This is a free event but bookings are essential as space is limited to 45 people only. Details Date - Wed 20 September 6-8PM Venue - Credo. 504 Miller St. Cammeray Booking - Call 02 9955 2280 or email North Shore...

PIC Wines We arrived late; not conducive to a relaxed tasting especially when everyone else ... . But forging on we managed to slurp and spit our way through a while gamut of superb wines, even if the notes ... with a *) So brief notes below, with promise of fuller details on the producers and wines once ... : wine  food & drink  wine tasting  french wine...

Montpezat Les Enclos 2004. Wine Tasting Note: Montpezat Les Enclos , 2004, Languedoc, France. Available from Oddbins £7.99. Throwing Syrah (30%) into a vat of Merlot (70%) makes for an unusual blend, especially from France. But that is the joy of Vin de Pays. My hastily scribbled notes - I ... - 92/100 Search Tags: wine  food & drink  wine tasting  french wine  red wine...

Lassalle Pouilly Fume. Wine Tasting Note: Arnaud Lassalle Pouilly Fume , 2005, Loire, France. Waitrose £7.99 A bargain at £3 off the regular price. Combining all the hallmarks of a great, punchy, nervy, Loire Sauvignon - citrus, minerality, and crisp acidity. Grass, currants, citrus fruits all ... & drink  wine tasting  french wine  white wine...

Ravanal Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Tasting Note: Ravanal Cabernet Sauvignon , 2002, Colchaga Valley, Chile. Available from Independent Merchants for around £6. Nice open aroma, blackberries, raspberries top-notes (getting into wine geekdom-speak here, sorry about that) of those squishy red ... it. Scribblings Rating - 86/100 Search Tags: wine  food & drink  wine tasting  chilean wine...

On Sunday  August 20th 2006, me and 5000 friends or so attended the annual Fort Mason tasting ... not crowded. Instead of giving notes on everything I tasted, which was well over a hundred wines, (yes ... from January 2006. For this tasting, I went on to the excellent Family Winemakers site and printed ... 30 minutes Meeting Matt Cline from Trinitas and tasting though all his yummy wines and learning...

Lake Chalice Sauvignon Wine Tasting Note: A1 Muvedre , 2005, Alicante, Spain. Brindisa £5.75. (Muvedre must be Mourvèdre ala Monastrell!)The conditions around Alicante on Spain’s Mediterranean coast are ideal for producing hearty high alcohol wines. ‘Traditional’ styled wines can be light ...  wine tasting  spanish wine  red wine...

Lake Chalice Sauvignon Wine Tasting Note: Lake Chalice Sauvignon Blanc , 2004, Marlborough, New Zealand. Independents £9.99. A fresh and zingy Marlborough Sauvignon - a superb pink grapefruit, lime and gooseberry aroma sings from the glass. Light to medium bodied, crisp, mineral edge more ... & drink  wine tasting  new zealand wine  white wine...