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La Serrana Tempranillo 2009/2010 D.O Cariñena – Wine for Eurovision

May 25, 2011
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All wine buffs love Eurovision. It follows doesn’t it? Those with an interest in the finer things in life: high culture and all that. I needed a fine wine to help me weather the 8 hours or whatever it is of incessant broken-English balladry, bastardised folk elements and endless, endless voting and dancing. Ah, Europe… [...]

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Meerlust Merlot 2005

January 25, 2011
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Trawling through my regular wine-buying websites the other day to see what bargains there were to be had, I nearly fell off my chair when I saw this wine advertised on special offer with Majestic at £15.99 per bottle. Not only is this a very good price for one of South Africa’s best producers of [...]

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Lo Zoccolaio Barbera d’Alba 2006

January 14, 2011
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I thought the classification of French wines was complicated before I started to read a bit more about Italian wines. You need a PhD in Geography and Oneology to fully understand the complexity of the Italian DOC system and the geographic areas and their sub-regions. This is obviously a huge minefield that has to be [...]

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Ravenswood Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2005

December 1, 2010
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Joel Peterson is known as “The Godfather of Zin” because of the work he has done exclusively with the grape variety and he has been instrumental in making it what it is today. A clinical microbiologist by day, Joel, who inherited an interest in wine from his father, spent much of his spare time dabbling [...]

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Montes Limited Selection Pinot Noir 2009

October 21, 2010
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The Pinot Noir grape is notoriously fickle and difficult to grow. Many a vineyard owner has tried and failed in the past and the variety tends to be grown in very specific areas of the world (Burgundy probably being the most famous) where the climate and topography are exacting to the conditions that the grape [...]

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Oyster Bay Merlot 2008

August 3, 2010
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Like their Sauvignon Blanc, Oyster Bay‘s Merlot is a staple on the top shelf of supermarkets up and down the country. It’s a couple of pounds more expensive than your average supermarket red and it’s a respected brand (self-proclaimed “leading winemaker” in NZ) from a respected wine-producing region –

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Château Méaume 2005 Bordeaux Supérieur

July 16, 2010
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Being Francophobic in all but seriousness, I wouldn’t know a Bordeaux from a claret; thus it gives me great pleasure to try a Bordeaux (the first I’ve tried since I began reading the labels) made by an English family who reside in that prestigious land; that cradle of viticulture; that Elysium of grape-growing; that… Anyway, [...]

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Alamos Malbec 2009

July 3, 2010
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Well, what a big, big bottle of wine this is. It looks bigger than other bottles; it smells bigger than other bottles; it even tastes bigger than other bottles. As of about two years ago, I am a Malbec convert – as of this moment, Alamos‘ ‘Wines of Catena‘ Malbec is the best I’ve had. [...]

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Berberana Dragon Tempranillo 2007

September 24, 2009
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ABV: 12.5% Closure: Real Cork Retailer: Majestic Price: £5.49 Approx Berberana was founded in 1877 and this Spanish family is well known for its Riojas. (Rioja is my own personal favourite Red wine). Dragon Tempranillo has to be my favourite of the red wines that we tasted from this case, it comes from the Tierra [...]

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Vistasur Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

September 18, 2009
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ABV: 14% Closure: Screw top Retailer: Majestic Price: £5.49 Approx On our regular “Cards night” we like to drink good red wine whilst eating cheeses and the Vistasur wine is great for this. We Swirled, Sniffed and Sipped (and dribbled!) and came up with a good review of this wine. Why you ask? Well swirling [...]

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La Rectorie 2006 Côtes du Rhône

September 14, 2009
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ABV: 13.5% Closure: Plastic Cork Retailer: Majestic Price: £4.99 Approx Although I have been drinking wine for the past 33 years and attended and hosted wine tasting evenings, this is my first attempt at writing a review. I opened the bottle for a couple of hours to let it breath and so it could be [...]

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