Archive of Tasting Reports - Spittoon.biz
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Naked Wines Argentinean Rising Star
Posted on September 18, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Tasting ReportsIt's a non-painful affliction, apart from a certain embarrassment, but I am sure I wasn't the only one suffering from Malbec finger last week. The condition results from an over-indulgence in tasting Argentinean wines, not solely Malbec, but...
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Shake the Base – Cocktails at the Waldorf Astoria Syon Park
Posted on July 25, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Tasting ReportsFourteen Fucking Quid for a cocktail?! Sorry for the swearing; I generally dislike such language in blog posts (sorry Old Parn) but on this occasion I think it rather justified. I don't...
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South African Wine at LIWF
Posted on July 4, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Articles, Tasting ReportsA guest post from pal Jeanne Horak-Druiff aka famed London-based South African blogger/writer/photographer CookSister offering a unique angle to the UK's major wine trade event the London International Wine Fair, with emphasis on the impressive generic South African stand.
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In Pictures: More From ARSE4
Posted on May 20, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Tasting ReportsThe full list of the 'official wines' those speed tasted on the three tables is up on Adegga... Each producer was showcasing one wine and had just 4 minutes or so (Chris Unger showing the Jim Barry The...
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In Pictures: ARSE4 The People
Posted on May 20, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Tasting ReportsThey came like bees to the proverbial pot of locally sourced honey - a selection of the UK's top wine, food and drink bloggers headed to London last Sunday for a wine...
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ARSE 3: The Wines
Posted on April 17, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Tasting ReportsWhat I should have said was something along the lines of... "Many thanks everyone for coming along today. As you can see from the list in front of you we are about to...
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ARSE 3: The People
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Andrew Barrow in Tasting ReportsI tweeted yesterday that of the 54 photographs I had taken at the Sunday ARSE3 tasting 5 were not actually taken by me, 18 were blurred and 4 were of a building...
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Naked Wines Verses Find Wine
Posted on November 24, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Tasting ReportsSometimes things just don't work out; events appear to be simply working against you. So it was with the plan to attend a grand taste-off between two of the internet's most dynamic wine retailers - Naked Wines and
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ARSE 2: The Wines
Posted on September 23, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Articles, Tasting ReportsWhat I have to ask is what exactly DID I do during the ARSE 2 tasting/picnic? I served the wine, unveiled the hidden wines to the sounds of tuts and "I told...
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ARSE 2: The People
Posted on September 15, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Articles, Tasting ReportsAn odd lot are bloggers. You would assume intelligent but some are disgracefully bad at even making the right railway station let alone getting on the right train! ;-) (My fault apparently...
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