Monthly Archives: February 2012
Gentlemen, place your bets…
At 6pm Eastern Seaboard Time tomorrow (or today if it’s March 1st) Robert Parker will publish his in-bottle scores on the 2009 vintage. This will be fun. What is potentially the greatest young vintage of Bordeaux (James Suckling reckons it’s … Continue reading
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Three bottles: James Suckling
There is no shortage of possible titles for this: favourites were “Wine Trade Marmite”, “The Other Critic”, “The Quiet American” and a few more besides. I guess the key thing about any wine critic is simple: can they taste? I … Continue reading
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Moody bottles
There was a great deal of twitter and wine forum hoo-har last week surrounding an auction. You can read the hoo-har here. It essentially revolves around the authenticity of a number of bottles, notably from the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, … Continue reading
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2003 Dom Perignon – disco dolly bling bling
I’ve written before about Champagne, “grande marquee” Champagne, here. And I think I made the point that, for many, what it tastes like isn’t the only point. You don’t stick a Rolex round your wrist just to tell the time. … Continue reading
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