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Louis Jadot 2010 Beaujolais Village

November 11, 2011
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Louis Jadot is a grower and  negotiant from Burgundy. What that means is that not only have their own vineyards but they also source their wines from various vineyards within Burgundy and blend them before selling them on to the market. Louis Jadot was founded in 1859 and was handed down through the generations until [...]

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Klein Constantia Marlbrook 2007

November 9, 2011
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Plenty of French wine has passed my lips recently, which meant the powerful presence of this interesting South African blend caught me unaware. For some reason I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. I thought this Bordeaux-style combo of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc would be pleasant enough but no more. It’s a [...]

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Les Dauphins Côtes du Rhône Reserve 2010

November 2, 2011
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Now here’s a successful rebrand if ever I saw one. The recognisable but possibly a little stuffy Cellier des Dauphins have been providing Côtes du Rhône to supermarket shelves for as long as I’ve been wine shopping, and the slightly square looking bottles were just memorable enough to become a repeat purchase now and again a [...]

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Château Le Boscq 2003

October 31, 2011
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I am not ashamed to admit that I bought this wine because of chicken nuggets. We had run out a few Sundays ago so the wife packed me off to buy some and I couldn’t face going to one of the local big supermarkets for just one thing. I ended up in my local Co-op [...]

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Marks & Spencer Domaine Bunan Bandol 2006

October 28, 2011
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This tasty French red is from Bandol – a pretty little (by which I mean quite small, but it’s no doubt picturesque) AOC in the Provence region of France: a region from which I pretty rarely choose to buy wines. (Caveat: this is due to ignorance, not taste.) I bought the M&S offering from Bandol [...]

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Cono Sur Reserva Merlot 2009

October 10, 2011
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Considering Cono Sur‘s Pinot Noir remains my corner shop / supermarket wine of choice – and has done for going on two or three years now – I find it pretty odd that I’ve never tried their Merlot before: either their common or garden Merlot or this spangly several-pounds-more-pricey Reserva model. Knowing (and loving) the [...]

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Domaine Marie Faugeres 2010

September 30, 2011
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I like the label on this one. Modern, minimal, but still with a touch of art, of wildness. Its understated nature suits what’s inside quite well. It’s from the Faugeres region of the south of France, which only got its own appellation in 1982 but has by many accounts been producing excellent – and good [...]

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Marks & Spencer Cerro Syrah 2009

September 28, 2011
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This has to be one of the best and most surprising wines I’ve tried this year. Best because… well, it was amazing; most surprising because I’ve long steered clear of Chilean Syrah since I had a single dud bottle a few years ago. In fact, that it reminded me of one of the early wines [...]

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Odfjell Armador 2007 Syrah

September 26, 2011
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I recently wrote about the folks of DVine Wine and their organic and biodynamic wine selection. I’m not one who is too bothered by whether or not a wine proclaims itself to be either of those designations. I enjoy a wine if it’s well made, balanced and tastes good. However, I do find that increasingly [...]

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L’azerolle 2009, Old Vine Carignan From the Minervois

September 23, 2011
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I was in the new Battersea Market not long ago and came upon the folks from DVine Wine who had set up a small stall in the market. DVine are a great bunch of people and are doing their best to bring organic and biodynamic wines to the public’s attention. Greg and Sara of DVine [...]

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ASDA Extra Special Fleurie

September 22, 2011
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Fleurie is one of the most instantly recognisable Cru Beaujolais – instantly recognisable due to its popularity, but recognisable as a Cru Beaujolais (the highest category of classification for this light and fruity style of French wine) only to those who take an interest in such things. Personally, I’ve only been drinking Beaujolais for a [...]

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