Malbec from Argentina and France at Blackrock Castle wine club for the April 2010 meeting, with special guest Cassandra Harmon.
Entries Tagged as 'Loire'
Malbec at the Blackrock Castle wine club
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Blackrock Castle Wine Club, France, wine
Tags: alessandro speri·auxerrois·blackrock castle·Cahors·Cassandra Harmon·castle trattoria·côt·Clos Triguedina·guy allion·le poira·Loire·malbec·mendoza·prodigo
En attendant le nouveau millésime… Rétrospective de l’année 2009
January 12th, 2010 · No Comments · wine
Review of 2009 from Loire winery Domaine Sylvain Bailly (in French).
Tags: bue·Loire·Quincy·sancerre·sauvignon blanc·Sylvain Bailly
Top 10 Loire wines – Telegraph
February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · France, journalism, wine
I’m a big fan of wines from the Loire Valley, and fail to understand why they’re not more popular in general here. I tend to recommend them, so our customers have every chance to broaden their views beyond the ubiquitous, frequently no more than adequate Sancerres that sometimes begin and end representation of the region [...]
Tags: Damien Delecheneau·Loire·Quincy·Sylvain Bailly·Telegraph
Unseen translation – Chinon Wilfrid Rousse “Les Puys”
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · France, wine
If you read French, you can see what for yourself what the Guide Hachette has to say about the lovely pure Cabernet Franc “Les Puys” that we buy from Wilfrid Rousse in Chinon. (We do have the 2006 vintage reviewed as well as the 04 shown online). If not, take it from me it’s a [...]
Rosé-tinted Chinon goggles
August 16th, 2008 · No Comments · France, blog, food, wine
OK, I’m doing this, and thanks to Marc Menant at the République des Sens for giving me the idea. There’s an unlabelled sample bottle of Wilfrid Rousse’s Chinon rosé on the Bubble Brothers sample shelves, and it’s been there a little while now, waiting for the first signs of summer. Patiently. At this stage, I [...]
Tags: Chinon·competition·food matching·Loire·rosé·Wilfrid Rousse·wine