A Double Dose of the ROPP
I told you these articles would be making their way to you more often! This dictaphone is really paying dividends. Before I get into my article, I am proud to announce that I will be representing all of winekind at the World Series of Poker at the end of July. I beat out over 700 [...]
Latour and Mouton Retrospectives
Since first growths are now worth more upon release than aged in the bottle, I figured it was a good time to recount a couple of recent verticals held in New York City of Latour and Mouton Rothschild, held at Jean Georges and Picholine respectively.
Nestled away in a private suite above the restaurant, we started [...]
Figeac and Aubert de Villaine in December
I have to say that my first week using the dictaphone has been a resounding success. Expect a flurry of notes from me this summer, as I have a lot of catching up to do, and the following notes are Part III of my trip to Bordeaux…last December.
My third day in Bordeaux last December was [...]
en primeur
Bordeaux 2005. There’s a lot of talk out there as to whether this is the greatest vintage ever…
I travelled to Bordeaux recently to taste the wines from the various Appellations along with Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve. I will be producing several podcasts about our week there which feature a variety of interviews and [...]
Hard cheese-
Having spoken to Philippe Marques for our People in Wine programme just before Christmas and learnt that Alain Senderens the great French chef had spent his whole life trying to tell people that red wine and cheese don’t go together, it was interesting to see these results confimed in a more scientific way. Incidentally Monsieur [...]
Scores, scores, scores… and DRC Romanèe Conti 2002
Oh dear… this is that terrible business of wine scoring again. Tom Wark over at Fermentations makes a point that perhaps we should draw distinctions between a $1600 wine and one that, well, costs a lot less… See here The Wine Critic’s Responsibility & the $1600 Wine. Of course, this isn’t a new story, far [...]
A Presidential Wine Club…
…not bad for just $39.95 per month.
Bob Dickinson CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines is a serious wine collector. He has taken his passion and is making his knowledge and enthusiasm available to other wine enthusiasts. A wonderful idea.
The site’s blurb says that “The Presidential Wine Club provides a wide variety of features and [...]
Big Boy’s Holiday Party
Half of last week saw me out at the warehouse for various reasons, and Big Boy happened to be there as well inspecting his most recent acquisitions. Some Christmas cheer was in the air, and Big Boy threw his own impromptu holiday party for the gang. Having just returned from a week in Bordeaux and [...]
Tongue, teeth and taste
There has been some talk on the internet of reported interviews with Professor Patrick Mac Leod and in particular two things which seemed astonishing: that the old and much quoted tongue map hypothesis (where different parts of the tongue corresponded to areas where the key elements of taste could be perceived: sweetness, bitterness, acidity etc) [...]
Top 100 Weekend, Year II, 2005
About a month ago over forty people gathered in New York City for a spectacular celebration of the finest wine and food that the world has to offer. Many of this year’s attendees were satisfied customers from year one, but we also had a few new guests to spice up the festivities.
We changed a [...]
Clos Ste. Hune Vertical at Tse Yang, Dinner in Vegas and a 2002 Blind Aussie Recap
This past week, 20 of us gathered at Tse Yang, one of new York’s finest Chinese restaurants, for a comprehensive vertical of the Montrachet of Alsace, Clos Ste. Hune. Clos Ste. Hune actually comes from the Rosacker Grand Cru vineyard in Alsace, but Trimbach, who makes the wine, does not want to put Roascker on [...]
People in Wine - A matter of taste
Just thought we would let you know that our next programme (the second - hope you managed to catch the first programme) will be out shortly. We are covering some questions concerning ‘taste’ - that multi-faceted subject which is so hugely misunderstood and is so complicated. We try and answer some basic questions: is food [...]
Summer Tasting Group News
This past summer saw the end of the first year of my first official tasting group, the 12 Angry Men. They said it wouldn’t last, but we made it, nonetheless. All the politics, all the extra effort and all the coordination of doing a group like this seem well worth it after looking at all [...]
Legendary Afternoon of Henri Jayer’s Richebourg
This comes to you from the archives of the lost year, 2004. About 75 other articles remain in the vaults from last year. I’ll have to save those for that elusive book deal. A recent cellar made me remember the event and pull it out of the safety deposit box to share.
The stars had [...]
Memorial Day Weekend in Los Angeles with Legendary Wines from Bouchard’s Cellar
I actually headed out to L.A. the Sunday of the weekend after relaxing in the Hamptons for a couple days. My close friend Rob of the Angry Men happened to be out there for his birthday a couple days earlier; if I had known the trail of empty bottles that he and Rudy were going [...]
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