Back before I really knew anything about wine, I do remember scanning the shelves of my local wine shop and the the striking yellow label. No, I’m not talking about Yellow Tail, I’m talking about the yellow label from Alsace, Hugel’s yellow label. The house of Hugel has been making wine in Alsace since 1639, [...]
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Chatting with Etienne Hugel & his fab gewurztraminer
Chapel Down and the Blaggers Banquet
Just a quick post today to remind all of you of the Blagger’s Banquet taking place this Sunday, Nov 15th at the Hawksmoor in Liverpool St. It’s for a great cause, Action Against Hunger and everything in the auction and for the dinner has been blagged by all of us food and wine bloggers. Niamh [...]
Cork Forest – Portugal, EWBC 2009
Another European Wineblggers Conference has come and gone….sigh…it just flew by! Before I knew it, I was back winging my way back to Heathrow. But in between landing and take off at Lisbon’s Portela Airport I met some of the nicest people, saw the most amazing scenery and had some pretty good wine to boot!
For [...]
For [...]
Hardy’s Nottage Hill Freshcase – new packaging concept
From the press release: “Ever opened a bottle of delicious, premium wine one evening and gone back for a second glass a week later, only to find that the wine is past its best?”
No, that’s never happened to me (wine doesn’t have a fighting chance in my house) but I do know people who don’t [...]
No, that’s never happened to me (wine doesn’t have a fighting chance in my house) but I do know people who don’t [...]
Blaggers Banquet – charity event
The Winesleuth was volunteered for active duty in the Action Against Hunger benefit dinner and auction to be held Nov 15th. Action Against Hunger was founded in 1995 by an international group of chefs, restaurant owners and food writers who’s goal is to end child hunger around the world. But this isn’t any ol’dinner and auction. [...]
Quinta de la Rosa and their take on Portuguese rose
Note from the Winesleuth: I was looking thru my drafts folder, found this post and realized it was never posted. Why? I don’t know but seeing as I’ m heading to Portugal next week and the Douro Valley the following week, here is a short post and video featuring a rosé made from varietals usually [...]
Torrontes on the beach
It’s amazing how easy it is to waste time on Twitter! As much as I love it, it can be a distraction. For example, I got up at noon today (really, I’m an early riser, well 9-ish most days but I’m still recovering from jet lag) all ready to finish off this here post and [...]
Naked Wines auction at the Argentina trade tasting
What if you were set loose on a trade tasting with 1000’s of wines to try and you had to pick just 10 to put on your winelist? How do you do it? You could go the old boring route and try all those wines or you could recruit a bunch of willing tasters to [...]
Adelsheim ‘07 pinot gris in the S. Carolina Low Country
Even though I’m on holiday in South Carolina, I’m still finding time to do a bit of winetasting in between golf and beach. Yesterday we went to a fabulous place called Palmetto Bluff, hung around the pool there and drank mojito noirs (mojitos made with dark rum) all day.
I’m staying with my friend Debra and [...]
I’m staying with my friend Debra and [...]
Hairy armpits and the guilty pleasures dinner
Back in February I had a guilty pleasures dinner at my house with some of my foodie blogger friends. We had so much fun that we decided to do it again. Bibendum Dan (aka The Boy) and I got to chatting about what wines we should bring along. At first we had visions of Blue Nun and pricy [...]
Berry Brothers joins the Twitterati-TTL and biodynamic wines
Berry Brothers & Rudd, only the oldest wine merchant in the world, wine purveyor to The Queen, rumoured to have labrynthine cellars that stretch from St. James to Buckingham Palace - Has joined the twitterati. Not only have they joined the twitterati @winematters , they even did a Twitter Taste live from said cellars last week.
The [...]
The [...]
L’anima Wine Challenge – Vote for us!!!
First of all, if you’re reading this before 23:00 (GMT) on Aug 26th, run over to here and vote for me and The Boy!! The Winesleuth and Bibendum Dan (aka The Boy) took part in a fabulous social media experiment hosted by the award winning Italian restaurant L’anima.
L’anima’s Head Sommelier, Gal Zohar, decided to harnass the [...]
L’anima’s Head Sommelier, Gal Zohar, decided to harnass the [...]
Prosecco & Smoked Salmon, coming up!
The Winesleuth usually GOES to events, not plans them, but for a change of pace I’ve teamed up with the London based Irish food blogger, Niamh of Eatlikeagirl to bring you smoked salmon and Bisol Prosecco.
Next Thursday, 6 Aug., Niamh and I are going to be running a food and drink stall in Covent Garden as [...]
Next Thursday, 6 Aug., Niamh and I are going to be running a food and drink stall in Covent Garden as [...]
Matsu – sounds japanese but it’s Spanish (w/video)
I found one other video from the London International Wine Fair which I just have to post because I really liked the wine and Ricardo Arramberi Perez was such a lovely fellow.
It’s another tinta de toro. That’s tempranillo masquerading as yet another varietal from the west of Spain. I wrote about tinta de toro in a [...]
It’s another tinta de toro. That’s tempranillo masquerading as yet another varietal from the west of Spain. I wrote about tinta de toro in a [...]
Friendly gruner veltliner
I’ve got a few more videos left from the London International Wine Fair. I know it may seem like they’ll never stop coming but just one or two left. Some people complain that the show is too big, too much, too impersonal but I always have a great time and meet great people.
I’ve had the Friendly [...]
I’ve had the Friendly [...]
Corcoran Wines, more Virginia
The Winesleuth seems to have been MIA lately but that’s only because my laptop was stolen so I’ve been relying on the kindness of the local library for my computer fix and at half an hour slots, it ain’t much!
Fortunately, before my laptop was nicked, I managed to download a couple more vids from the [...]
Fortunately, before my laptop was nicked, I managed to download a couple more vids from the [...]
The wines of Virginia at the ‘09 LIWF w/video
I know it may seem like I’ve been banging on about English wine, English vodka, the English, etc., but I am living here, in England. I have however, not forgotten about my country…”My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty…”…ahem, um…now where was I? Oh, yeah…anyway, we all know about California wine, the wines of Oregon and [...]
First English wine, now English vodka
Whilst wandering around the London International Wine Fair, I took the second day to cross the hall to Distil which is the little brother event to the LIWF. Distil is a showcase for spirits- tequila, rum, whiskey, vodka, liquors, they were all there. The only problem with Distil is you can’t really spend a lot of [...]
Brightwell Vineyards & English wine week – slideshow
English wine. English wine week. Do they make enough wine to support English wine week? Well, yeah, they do. There are over 250 vineyards in the British Isles and loads of them are winning awards and making fantastic wines. I’ve become a big fan lately, not only because I’m living here but also because I [...]
Toro!toro!toro! – sippin’ on the bull at the LIWF, video
Tinta de Toro. Wine of the Bull? Is that like the Hungarian wine, Bull’s blood? The origins of the name may be lost in the mists of time but I can tell you that tinta de toro is a local varietal found in the western half of Spain, near the town of Zamora. It’s thought that [...]
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