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Jan 2, 2025 · Not many professional tastings but an unusual number of lunches. For logistical reasons I have to finish my diary a bit before the end of each month. A highlight of the period since I finished my November diary was this old wine dinner at the end of November during which eight of us tried a range of ...

Oct 30, 2024 · Lots of 'work' and quite a bit of perk, too. After last month’s frenetic travel schedule, life calmed down a little this month. Although there was a weekend in Copenhagen to host a California wine dinner inspired by the Judgment of Paris and a trip that started in Champagne and ended in Rust, Austria.

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Nov 27, 2024 · Chianti glow? We’ll never know … Tara’s parents in 1975 Rafael Palacios, Louro do Bolo Godello 2023 Valdeorras James Lawther MW writes If solace and comfort also imply reliability, availability and ‘hitting the spot’, Rafael Palacios’ Louro do Bolo has been my pick this year (and in previous years). The fruit and tension are …

Apr 1, 2024 · Tastings, dinners and a lunch – this month none of them struck out in the diary, unlike January and February.. At last, I’m fit and well again! That nasty bitter/metallic taste left by the antibiotic clarithromycin* finally left me in time for a dinner at home with some wine-loving French friends, too late in February to be included in my February diary.

Jul 2, 2024 · The equally expressive Precision glass is being launched today at £48 for a handsome box of two, £90 for four. We have already had an enthusiastic response from restaurateurs on each side of the Atlantic and from Sensible Wine Services, who will add Precision glasses to the Original glasses they already rent out, adding a touch of luxury to professional tastings, wine dinners and larger ...

Jun 21, 2023 · The mature-wine decanter above is designed for wines with a sediment that you would like to separate from the wine by standing up the bottle for an hour or so and then carefully pouring the liquid, against a strong light source, off the sediment into the decanter.

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