Posts by Adrian
Ramos Pinto RP10 – Wine of the Month December 2018
This was my favourite tasted over Christmas. This tawny is a blend with an average age of 10 years. Brick-red, with body and its richness of flavour, it’s great with cheese or on its own. Personally I find the 20 and 30 year tawnies lack fruit for my taste so this is ideal. Grapes varieties: Touriga…
Read MoreRocco del Dragone Aglianico – Wine of the Month November 2018
I tried this at a recent tasting and found aglianico to be a pleasant surprise. Deep ruby-red colour, with aromas and flavours of black cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate and coffee. Fruity, full bodied yet smooth and elegant. £9.99 from Quaff in Hove.
Read MoreHarvey’s Old Ale – Beer of the Month October 2018
Yes, we love beer too, especially this one. A dark, warming brew, burnt sugars and roasted malts compliment the premium Maris Otter barley, supplanting the light bitterness of aroma hops. With hints of dried fruit and dates, this rich ale has been likened to the oak: steadfast throughout the year, regardless of the season. It…
Read MoreMira la Mar Moscatel – Wine of the Month September 2018
Reflecting my enthusiasm for Sherry I was lucky enough to try this at the Great Sherry Tasting. It’s late harvest giving a more approachable, less cloying, style of sweet sherry compared to PX. I have to confess I’ve tended to ignore Moscatel up to now but will be including it in a future tasting. RRP…
Read MoreEnrique Mendoza Petit Verdot – Wine of the Month August 2018
I recently had the pleasure of taking a tour to this Bodega near Alicante and meeting the founder Señor Mendoza himself. This wine is 100% Petit Verdot with aromas and flavours of blackberry, blueberry, strawberry and some smoke hint from the time in barrel. Unfortunately I can only find it available from Amazon in the UK at…
Read MoreBlind Tasting – Why?
The wine world seems to have something of an obsession with blind tasting – surely this is a fairly pointless skill. In the real world when do you ever need to identify a wine blind? The bottles have a nice helpful label on the front. Sure, I can see the need to describe a wine…
Read MoreSherry tasting
Sherry is one of my passions so I recently organised a tasting of the main styles – Fino, Manzanilla, Amontillado, Oloroso, Cream and PX. It’s great when people who say sherry is either to dry or too sweet see the range of wines available and go away prepared to give it a try.
Read MoreBizios Symposium Moschofilero 2016 – Wine of the Month July 2018
This was really interesting as it uses a grape variety I had not previously heard of. From the Bizios Estate, Nemea, Greece this is really fresh with peach and apricot aromas and will be great with seafood. £16 from Wimbledon Wine Cellar
Read MoreDiren Collection Öküzgözü – Wine of the Month June 2018
I’ve become a fan of Turkish wines in recent years and thanks to Pelin of Gama UK I was able to try this one at the London Wine Fair. Öküzgözü grapes of eastern Anatolia are blended with Cabernet Sauvignon from the Aegean region. A fresh, lively, structured wine with flavours of cherry and raspberry. Great…
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