@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 🙁
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!
@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?
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
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
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
@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.
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.
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
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. 🤔