The weather has’t really been conducive to a nice cooling Sauvignon Blanc, but I try not to let such details bother me. I do like cold white wines when it’s cold outside but warm and toasty inside. There’s something comforting about being snuggled up under a blanket in front of a fire and having condensation… Read More »
This wine has a nice, bold black label. It looks like it means business, there’s a dragon on a mountain, that’s as rugged as it gets. The wine has a screwcap, perfectly sensible for a white wine intended to be drunk young. Yet the screwcap top is silver, and the label is black with gold… Read More »
It’s not Richard’s, it’s mine. The fact that this wine is called “Richard’s” does make you want to find out who Richard is. Disappointingly he’s not the guy pictured on the bottle. He’s Richard Kershaw and he’s busily making Sauvignon Blanc in South Africa. I’ll concede that South Africa isn’t the first place I look… Read More »
So the biggest hit of this year’s World Cup is Paul the Psychic Octopus. He’s gained more admiring column inches in the press than the pre-tournament favourites of Rooney and Ronaldo combined. We decided to celebrate his success with Octopus Cove Sauvignon Blanc from Naked Wines, resisting the temptation to search for some squid recipes… Read More »
Australia take on Germany tonight in the World Cup. It’s not a fair match up. I’m looking forward to it, because I’m looking forward to all the games, I always do. Australia does produce more football friendly wine than Germany. They know how to turn out affordable, drinkable wine, whereas Germany tends to export either… Read More »
I admit, I liked this wine because it had a paw print on it and when I was little my friend had a big dog called Kimba. He was a fabulous Alsatian who followed us everywhere and could run all day. I know that’s not a great reason to buy a wine, but it made… Read More »
Some wines taste great with a delicious seafood risotto. Some wines are better suited to being in the risotto. It’s not worth paying £9-11 for the latter.
The Loire valley has some odd things going on. New Zealanders have spent some time over there, making Sauvignon Blancs that have all the fruity exuberance you might expect from Marlborough with the flinty steel of the riverbanks. Villebois comes from the delightfully named Joost de Villebois, a Dutchman who is bringing some passion to… Read More »
We had a bottle of Casa Del Rio Verde Sauvignon Blanc 2007 both in and with a seafood risotto. The risotto was lovely, with al dente rice, just the right blend of fish to rice and a creaminess that was neither sloppy nor stodgy. Heavenly. The wine was quite nice. It was pale and dry… Read More »
Last summer I cycled along the Danube from Germany through Austria and Slovakia to Budapest in Hungary. It was a great pilgrimage and largely flat apart from a short section in Hungary which took us high up above the Danube and into vineyards. Most of the route through four countries was well paved and well… Read More »