It’s not Christmas, I’m drinking sherry and I don’t care. It’s not even Fino or Manzanilla, it’s Amontillado. I am not a grandmother, nor am I living happily at Downton Abbey. I’m still drinking sherry and I’m proud of the fact. This Amontillado is a little treat from Majestic. The bottle is a delight, reminiscent… Read More »
Everyone has heard of Moet & Chandon, it’s like the Hoover (or maybe Dyson) of Champagnes, it’s a Champagne brand that has secretly spent years working its way into your brain, firing the celebration and luxury synapses as it goes. You’ll have seen it carefully product-placed in films, sponsoring events, and being sprayed by glamorous,… Read More »
Many years ago I worked in an office just down the road from the Massey Ferguson tractor factory in Coventry (England). It was great to see the wonderful tractors setting out all shiny and red for their new adventures around the world. Even the company cars driven by employees were red. The one downside of… Read More »
Once again I was tempted by a label. This is a delight of a label, taking typefaces to whole new levels. I feel like if they sold wine in some sort of weird Wild West Saloon run by a madam from Paris this is the bottle you’d get. Obviously I was hoping it wouldn’t taste… Read More »
I am partial to a regular Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, not just when it comes in the super-cool “Gina Lollobrigida” bottles. Okay so not everyone thinks those hourglass bottles are super-cool, but that’s probably because they are not super-cool people. This Verdicchio di Matelica Poggio alle Rondini is made from the same kind of… Read More »
Clos du Bois is a Californian wine manufacturer who has the stated aim of making wines that taste like they are French. It makes sense. Why fly wines half way around the world when you can make one that tastes just as good locally? Here’s the thing. I live in Europe, so why would I… Read More »
I didn’t buy this wine because the woman on the front looks like the woman off Arrested Development. It wouldn’t be a good reason to buy it, even though I like wine and I quite like Arrested Development. Odd though, how many Christmas presents do you think you’ll get this years that are based on… Read More »
I like sherry. There, I’ve said it. Call me middle aged if you like, but I don’t care, sherry, like a nice bow tie, is cool. Palo Cortado takes sherry to a whole new level of lovely. Theoretically it’s only made by accident, when the layer of flor on a fino sherry dies off unexpectedly,… Read More »
We were a bit low on white wines so I was dispatched to Majestic to pick up a few bottles. I didn’t have a specific brief, just to grab half a case. I’m easily distracted when shopping, and came home with a whole case, figuring that out of that lot there’d be half a dozen… Read More »
I’m partial to Zinfandels. I picked this Ridge Lytton Springs Zinfandel blend up from Berry Bros & Rudd, but have since seen it at Majestic. It’s not a pure Zin, it has a good dollop of Carignan and a splash of Petit Syrah, but there’s still about 80% of Zinfandel in there. It’s a wonderful rich… Read More »