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Platter’s South African Wine Guide
Posted on February 21, 2012 by Andrew Barrow in Wine Books, Wine NotesNot sure I quite understand the significance of the coffee pot that Bertus Fourie is shown pouring his wine from on page 312; but it has something to do with being an innovator. This latest edition of...
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Chapel Down Nectar Late Harvest
Posted on February 15, 2012 by Andrew Barrow in Wine NotesI’m on an Italian bent (Oi! Stop it…) at the mo. Last October’s EWBC in Brescia and trips out to Fruili and Alto Adige followed by a trip to Perugia (and trips out and about) for the
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In Photos – A Tasting at Mustilli Winery
Posted on February 8, 2012 by Andrew Barrow in Vineyard Visits, Wine NotesI've been in Italy, vineyard hopping, snow permitting, from Umbria down to Campania and Naples. Not just me, I should add, but a party of fabulous people gathered in Italy for the International Wine Tourism Conference and various trips out...
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Tramin Winery, Alto Adige, Italy
Posted on December 16, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Vineyard Visits, Wine NotesIt’s a rather dramatic building; vibrantly painted struts form abstract shapes with the windows reflecting the forested mountains behind. The Tramin winery nestled under these crags overlooks a flat, almost featureless plain that folds on down to a river...
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Maynard’s Port
Posted on December 6, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Wine NotesPort – it’s a winter thing aint it? Like many I’ve sipped on white port cocktails in the spring and drunk chilled, fruity, LBV’s through a straw in the height of the summer. But for us chilled northern hemisphere...
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Domaine Seguela Les Candalieres 2007
Posted on November 29, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Food and Wine, Wine NotesOver all the months and years of my wine drinking and critiquing I might just have narrowed down my favourite style of red. Don’t misunderstand though a glass of port, a little schioppettino, cabernet or something...
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Mas Amiel 2008 Vin Doux Natural
Posted on November 26, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Food and Wine, Wine NotesWhat do I know about Maury? Well, it’s a Vin Doux Natural – meaning it’s a sweet wine where the fermentation is halted leaving a little sugar and thus sweetness in the final product. A Maury...
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Schioppettino, Ribolla Gialla and Vitovska – Three Terribly Obscure Italian Grapes
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Wine NotesIf there is one thing to excite a wine lover it is the discovery of a new wine. Whether in the form of travel to an previously unvisited wine producing region, the unearthing of an untried grape variety...
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Bastianich, Friulano
Posted on October 31, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Vineyard Visits, Wine NotesI had no idea where we were; I was a little unsure which day it actually was. But here we were, disgorged from the bus at a vineyard somewhere in the wilds of Fruili. My little GPS positioning...
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Viñas del Vero Tempranillo Cabernet Sauvignon Rosado
Posted on September 1, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Wine NotesI can't keep up. For three weeks I've had today marked in the Outlook calendar as Tempranillo Day, for some bright spark has designated today as a celebration of this classic Spanish grape. Then I note, over this week, a...
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