Ian Hardwick

DipWSET. Wine educator, East London Wine School.

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@christoswineman @Lazarakis @DOMAINESKOURAS @Infinite_Ideas @TheWineSellar Flora showed us round and guided us expertly through the wines, and Dimitri, the new generation, came to say hello.
I can still taste the Titanas red! Knew I should’ve got a bottle to bring home! Only had room for 3 🙁

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

Superb visit to @DOMAINESKOURAS in the southern tip of PDO Nemea, Greece. A great line up of local varieties and mega winemaking skills. There’s so much variety to explore in Greek wine - I’m hooked!

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@burnvalleywines Interesting. Have you used it for all of you PN and Chardonnay? Or as a comparison against hand harvesting? And is this for sparkling?

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

No, not Xfm- but this wine rocks! 😆 Indigenous Greek variety Moschofilero suits any number of styles - fizz, rosé, white - and orange. From master of the variety @Tseleposwines, this should rightfully be flying off the shelves of every East London natural wine bar.
#naturalwine

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@DouglasBlyde Had a fine unfiltered, organic Provence rosé in box from Bobo Wines recently. Small range but worth checking out. Recommended.

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@DouglasBlyde Absolutely! Sure they could squeeze one in there among that frankly uninspiring line up of same old Champagne.

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

So, back home late afternoon after 2 vineyard tours in 30 degree heat
‘Shall we go to a wine fair?’
‘Yep.’
So glad we did. Got a taste of this super ltd Bordeaux from #chateaujulia in Pauillac, from Benedict Butterworth, having just read about it @noblerotmag

#clapton #claret

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@TheWineSociety No, just missing the label. I can easily work it out (it was in the Spanish Explorer case). But blind might be more fun!🍷

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

Mystery bottle in my ⁦@TheWineSociety⁩ delivery today! No label, no branding on the capsule. Tempted to just open it blind and see what comes out! 🧐🤔

#blindtasting #mystery

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@AnneCBurchett Got people talking about it though. I’d not have seen it otherwise. So, job done in advertising terms (even if I think it’s a rubbish ad; is it missing an apostrophe?)
Prosecco has to be min 85% Glera so can include other local varieties, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay.

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@JoshDSpire Congratulations!🥂Love that 2015!

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

Pique-nique à la Sancerrois ⛅️🧺

#wine #sancerre #france

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

Left London 6.30am. Tasting wine by 4pm. Not bad!

Return after 10 yrs to Dme de Bellivière in Coteaux-du-Loir (confusingly not on the #Loire but the Loir!) Super-expressive, age worthy #biodynamic wines made in new gravity-fed winery, from #CheninBlanc and local Pineau d'Aunis.

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

Another awesome performance from Hull soon-to-be-legends @smellybdrmm at @roughtrade tonight. New material sounding superb!

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@WineCellarDoor @SharphamWines Ooh, look at that! Right up my street. Gorgeous colour by the looks of it 😍

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

A brilliant gig! I’m in there somewhere, having loved every single minute seeing one of the best bands ever!

[T H E C H I L L S @TheChills]

It was a tough day with our van breaking down in Birmingham, but we made it on time and it ended up being one of the best shows of the tour. Thank you London

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@Tony_Milanowski 🤔🤣🤣

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@WineCellarDoor Looks fab!

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

Just unearthed a copy of Spiral Scratch from 1988 while looking for my Smiths LPs. With a handy guide to every live performance 1982-86. Sure that will come in handy at some point. Good job I kept it. 🤔

[Ian Hardwick @ihardwick]

@WineCellarDoor @fhvlondon Great to see you, thanks for coming. Lovely sunny afternoon for a chilled glass of English sparkling and some wine chat. 🥂