Some friends had a happy, healthy baby this week. Hurrah! She arrived a month earlier than planned, so we were delighted she was fine, but I was woefully short of Champagne to celebrate. A quick scoot around the kitchen revealed a few sparklers, but nothing from the required neighbourhoods in northeast France. I cracked open… Read More »
Another bottle of Rioja, this time a Campo Viejo 2000 Reserva Especial from Sainsbury’s. Especial I tell you. It’s a deep ruby with just a hint of age on the rim. It smells rich and oaky with plenty of vanilla covering some black and red fruits. It’s dry with a balanced acidity and quite soft… Read More »
Costco is the largest wine retailer in the USA. That’s a bit weird, but as America has such bizarre laws about shipping and selling wine, it’s perhaps not surprising. Wine wholesale and distribution practices in the US are not a cartel or a racket, no siree bob, absolutely not, no organised activity there at all. Just… Read More »