(2019) I recently attended a dinner on board the Fingal, a unique luxury hotel managed by the trust that also runs the Royal Yacht Brittania and, like Brittania, moored on the dockside in Edinburgh's port of Leith. The 23-roo ( More... )
(2019) the Observer - David Williams
Le Campuget Syrah Viognier, France 2018 (£8.49, N Young; Corking; Great Grog)
unusually fragrant, supple, compulsively drinkable red
Zalze Shiraz Mourvèdre Viognier, South Africa 2017 ( ( More... )
(2019) The Frescobaldi name resonates through Tuscan history. With 1000 years of influence as textile merchants and bankers in medieval Florence, the family prospered during the renaissance as major patrons of art and architect ( More... )
(2019) the Observer - David Williams
Gen del Alma Jiji, Mendoza 2018 (£17.50, St Aandrew’s Wine Co; Noble Geen)
wild-cherried, slippery textured, super-fresh red blend
Julien Sunier Morgon, Beaujolais, France 2017 (£27.5 ( More... )
(2019) the Observer - David Williams
Alexis Pollier Mâcon-Villages 2017. £12.50 (Elicite, Stannary Wines)
a classy, crystalline, fine-boned chardonnay
De Bortoli Villages Chardonnay, Yarra Valley 2018 (£9.99, Aldi)
a bal ( More... )
(2019) Having written about wine for 25 years, the number of different wines I have tasted must run into the tens of thousands: it is not unusual for me to taste 300 wines in a month. For any single wine to stop me in my tracks ( More... )
