10 Wines that impressed at Coop’s Press Tasting
WHITE WINES 2020 La Mia Strada Falanghina, Campania, Italy, Alc. 13%, £7.50 A beautiful crafted white wine that presents subtle notes of ripe apples and spice that tantalises the tastebuds way beyond the swallow. Score 9/10Grape Variety: FalanghinaClosure: CorkUnoakedVegan friendly:Available: 1144 stores 2021 Co-op Fairtrade Torrontes Chardonnay, Famatina Valley Argentina, Alc. 11%, £5.25 Easy…
Pub in the Park at Marlow’s Higginson Park 12-15 May
A few years back, Ludlow in Shropshire, used to be the destination for foodies, but now it is Marlow in Bucks. Residents of the pretty village of Bray in Berkshire boast that they have 7 Michelin stars: The Waterside Inn 3 stars, The Fat Duck 3 stars and Hinds Head 1 star, but outside these…
Red Wine That Drinks Well Now
If you don’t want to wait… to pull the cork, then the top-notch red wines below will hit the spot. Enjoy! 2018 Sancerre Pinot Noir, Les Marennes, Loire, France, Alc.13%, £14.99 For those of us that can’t afford top-notch red burgundy then this red Sancerre from the Loire is a wonderful alternative.Score: 9/10 Tasted 2021More…
Fizz that impressed during the lockdown
Below are selection of sparklers that won’t break the wallet, but will put the fizz back into your life. Enjoy! Henri Chauvet Blanc de Noirs Champagne, France,12.5%, £28.50 Want a soft moreish Champagne that sparkles way above its price point? Henri Chauvet’s Blanc de Noirs is a real palate pleaser. Tasted 2021Score: 9/10More info: https://www.privatecellar.co.uk/product-info.asp?id=149…
The Best Indian Restaurant in Berkshire
The Fat Buddha an Indian Restaurant in Maidenhead has taken the experience of eating Indian food in Berkshire onto another level. The Emperor of India in Maidenhead & Maliks of Cookham used to be the places to go in Berks, but not anymore. Fat Buddha is now the hot Indian ticket. What sets Maidenhead’s Fat…
Any Port in a Storm
In the past Sherry & Port was a must have for your drink’s cabinet, but for the last thirty years or so New World wines and white spirits have taken the shelf space from these fortified jewels. If you are bored with mass produced Chardonnay & Shiraz and fed up with being ripped off by…
Take a Bow you Douro Wine Boys
Brewdog Beer Guys & Douro Wine Boys have a similar ethos. Make a quality product that sings of your mantra, you then become evangelists and spread your gospel to the drinking consumers of the world. Simple! Brewdog Beer Guys decided that mass produced beer was favourless and not worth drinking, so they decided to make…
They don’t cut corners, it costs what it costs
Top-notch boutique wine producers don’t cut corners, it costs what it costs. A cheaper winemaking process or an increase in production to hit regulation price points does not fit with their ethos. This is what wine is all about in my book. The wines below are from Independent Wine Love Italian food? Check out my blog…
Austrian Wine Industry Born Again
In 70’s & 80’ Austrian & German wine industry, was known mainly for producing sweet and semi sweet wines. To make quality sweet wines you need grapes with high sugar levels. A vintage lacking sunshine would make it almost impossible to make sweet wines. Well… if you are contracted to making medium sweet wines for…
Nebbiolo wines that won’t send your Mouth into Electric Shock
Nebbiolo is a thick skinned black Italian grape that strut’s its stuff in Piemonte in North East Italy, producing iconic wines like Barolo & Barbaresco. Unfortunately, like Pinot Noir from Burgundy, great tasting Nebbiolo wines from Piemonte are expensive and very difficult to find. Barolo is regarded as the King and Barbaresco the Queen of…
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