I’d tried a different vintage of this wine last year, and I’d liked it. This year the label had undergone a serious facelift. Instead of a stylised greyscale image of the mountains of Chile, and some old style typeface it gets a giant image of what seems to be an Easter Island Moai statue. Whilst… Read More »
Cry Freedom! This Grande Liberte is so named as it’s the first wine that the wine maker has made under his own label. Whilst the family has been producing wine for the local co-op for 100 years, this one is intended to stand on its own. It comes with a nice back story of local… Read More »
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 Cava arrived in a selection box. It was in the fridge awaiting its opportunity to sparkle (did you see what I did there?). I had an uncle who loved all forms of sparkling wine, so much so that if someone gave him a bottle of white or pink wine that wasn’t sparkling he’d run… Read More »
This Chilean wine came in a big heavy bottle, the broad shouldered type favoured by Californian winemakers. I did double check it wasn’t a Californian wine based on bottle shape and weight alone. It’s not. It’s a Chilean wine made by a French winemaker. This Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Cachapoal Valley south of Santiago. … Read More »
This wine looked at first to have a cheery butterfly covered label, then I got to thinking the butterflies all look pinned down, like those creepy butterfly collection boxes with the dead butterflies in, then when you look closely, the butterfly bodies are photos of humans, with the butterfly wings drawn on. It’s super creepy,… Read More »
Autumn is starting to roll in, it will be sad to say goodbye to the lovely summer England has enjoyed in 2014, but there’s plenty of upsides. I can wrap up warm in a blankie to watch Scandinavian TV, and I’ve got all sorts of soup recipes ready to try out. I’m also looking forward… Read More »
It’s been sunny in England. Not just sunny for England, but properly sunny, with temperatures up in to the 80’s. This has had predictable consequences. People who should know better have been outside in ill-fitting PE kit without applying sunscreen. There’s acres of pink and sore flesh out there. Strangely, this sort of vision puts… Read More »
This wine comes with a pretty label of five streaks of colour. Due to my limited pouring skills it got a bonus stripe of colour on that label. I mention this not just to excuse taking a photo of a dirty label, but to draw your attention to the colour of the spilt wine, that’s… Read More »
This wine isn’t a Rioja, it makes quite a big deal about that in its marketing. The notion is that it sneakily is a Rioja, but maybe just outside the denominations boundaries. It isn’t aged like a Rioja either as it comes with a non-vintage label so it’s not clear when the grapes were harvested.… Read More »