What's new

What's new?

A full listing of major additions to the wineanorak site
(From 29/09/08 this list doesn't include blog postings)

Icon Sauvignon Blanc: can it be serious? (29/05/09)
Terrazas: part 5, Argentina series (25/05/09)
Gagliole: impressive Chianti (19/05/09)
Wine photo of the week (18/05/09)
Alvaro Palacios: remarkable wines from Priorat and Bierzo (14/05/09)
Wine photo of the week (11/05/09)
The Berlin Tasting: London installment of this famous tasting (05/05/09)
Catena: part 4, Argentina series (04/05/09)
Castello di Querceto: part 3, Chianti Classico series (03/05/09)
Visiting Bernard Magrez: part 5, Pape Clement (28/04/09)
Wine photos: Chianti Classico (28/04/09)
Recently tasted: many more wines (28/04/09)
Fontodi: a visit to one of Chianti's greats (27/04/09)
Natural wines from Les Caves de Pyrene: 20 wines tasted (26/04/09)
Terroir baggage: do wines have a sense of place? (23/04/09)
Natural wine: a tasting (21/04/09)
Learn about wine: all about Sauvignon Blanc (15/04/09)
O Fournier: part 3, Argentina series (10/04/09)
Visiting Bernard Magrez: part 4, Portfolio tasting
Visiting Bernard Magrez: part 3, Château Fombrauge (05/04/09)
Wine photo of the week (04/04/09)
ETN: red Vinho Verde (02/04/09)
Visiting Bernard Magrez: part 2, Château Pérenne (29/03//09)
Beaux Freres: biodynamic Oregon producer (26/03/09)
Sherry: an introduction, an amazing tasting, and why we should drink more of it (25/03/09)
Soldera: vertical tasting of legendary Brunellos (24/03/09)
Recently tasted: some more wines (22/03/09)
Chianti Classico: part 1 of a new series (20/03/09)
Paras: leading Mount Veeder producer (16/03/09)
Wine photo of the week (15/03/09)
Cristom: part 8, Oregon series (09/03/09)
Kracher: Austria's top sweet wines revisited (06/03/09)
Eric Texier: natural wines from the Rhône (05/03/09)
Visiting Bernard Magrez: part 1, La Tour Carnet (04/03/09)
Top 10 supermarket wines (03/03/09)
Top wines from SITT (02/03/09)
Wines of the month for February added (27/02/09)
Recently tasted: many more wines (26/02/09)
Wine photo of the week (26/02/09)
Inama: stunning wines from the Veneto (24/02/09)
Bethel Heights: part 7, Oregon series (19/02/09)
Cheval des Andes: part 2, Argentina series (14/02/09)
Encontro and Dão Sul: top wines from Bairrada and Dão (03/02/09)
DRC 2006: new releases from Burgundy's top domaine (30/01/09)
Argentina trip: part 1, the effect of altitude (27/01/09)
Chataigneraie-Laborier/Morat: brilliant white Burgundies (26/01/09)
Table wines from Quinta do Noval revisited (26/01/09)
Benton Lane: part 6, Oregon series (23/01/09)
King Estate: part 5, Oregon series (22/01/09)
Brick House: part 4, Oregon series (21/01/09)
Jim Barry: vertical tasting of one of Australia's stars (17/01/09)
Concha y Toro: Chile's most important winery (13/01/09)
Ampelidae: innovative wines from the Loire (12/01/09)
Wine photo of the week (08/01/09)
Chocapalha: leading Estremadura estate (06/01/09)
Quinta do Mouro: a leading Portuguese winery (21/12/08)
60 Top Pinot Noirs: the IPNC tastings (16/12/08)
Australia's best wines: Landmark Australia tasting (13/12/08)
Cork: an illustrated guide (12/12/08)
The Sampler: innovative London wine merchant (11/12/08)
Sepp Moser: biodynamic Austrian producer (09/12/08)
Wakefield Estate/Taylors: Clare Valley, Australia (08/12/08)
Valle Pradinhos: interesting Portuguese producer (7/12/08)
Wine photo of the week (04/12/08)
Alex Gambal: high quality Burgundy negociant (02/12/08)
Casas del Bosque: part 5, Chile series (01/12/08)
Bell Hill: small but perfectly formed New Zealand estate (29/11/08)
Dominique Lafon: top Burgundies, sustainably made (28/11/08)
Pépière: Marc Oliver's natural Muscadets (23/11/08)
Luis Pato: one of Portugal's star winemakers (20/11/08)
Matetic: a remarkable Chilean winery (19/11/08)
Bageiras: Bairrada star (17/11/08)
La Raia: biodynamic Gavi producer (09/11/08)
Pyramid Valley Vineyards: an amazing New Zealand producer (05/11/08)
Tasting is a relationship (03/11/08)
Wines of the month for October added (28/10/08)
The International Pinot Noir Celebration: Oregon's remarkable wine gathering (25/10/08)
Wine photo of the week (24/10/08)
Benares wine dinner: does fine wine go with Indian food? (21/10/08)
Loma Larga: part 3, Chile series (20/10/08)
Wine photo of the week (17/10/08)
Portugal's white wines: 20 assessed (14/10/08)
Daniel Schuster: part 16, New Zealand series (13/10/08)
Wine photo of the week (09/10/08)
Chadwick, Sena and Errazuriz: part 2, Chile series (07/10/06)
Barbeito: amazing Madeira wines (06/10/08)
Winegrowers of Ara: building an appellation in NZ (30/10/08)
Patrick Baudouin: top Coteaux du Layon (29/09/08)

Il Paradiso di Manfredi: sensational Brunello (26/09/08)
About me: gratuitous self-promotion bit updated (25/09/08)
Colomé: high wines with style (24/09/08)
Henschke: one of Australia's most famous wineries (22/10/08)
My Blog: English fizz impresses (20/09/08)
My Blog: Elegance from Australia (19/09/08)
My Blog: Chave 83 for lunch (18/09/08)
My Blog: Steak at Gaucho and Insolite (17/09/08)
What's in your wine? (16/09/08)
My Blog: fine wines with an Austrian focus (15/09/08)
Bilancia, part 15, New Zealand series (14/09/08)
My Blog: fantastic Brachetto! (13/09/08)
My Blog: busy day's tasting and Monty's red (11/09/08)
Photos from the Barossa Valley (10/09/08)
Montana Sauvignon Blanc: an affordable iconic wine (09/09/08)
Wine photo of the week (08/09/08)
Dozens of wines recently tasted (07/09/08)
My Blog: More English wine (06/09/08)
My Blog: English wines, lots of them (06/09/08)
My Blog: IWC awards dinner and Guardian guide to wine (04/09/08)
Château Monty: a new TV series on biodynamic wine (03/09/08)
My Blog: Matthew Munzberg (02/09/08)
My Blog: Pink English fizz and Man City (01/09/08)
My Blog: Riesling Kabinett Trocken (31/08/08)
My Blog: Sauvignon in Styria (28/08/08)
Wines of the month for August added (25/08/08)
Pirie Tasmania: cool climate Australians (25/08/08)
My Blog: books, mine and others (24/08/08)
Trinity Hill: part 14, New Zealand series (24/08/08)
Wine photo of the week (22/08/08)
My Blog: Casillero and high-end beer (21/08/08)
My Blog: Mac vs. PC and white Chateauneuf (20/08/08)
My Blog: In Devon, with Portuguese wine (19/08/08)
My Blog: CarboNZero Riesling (17/08/08)
Biodynamics: my major series updated and revised (14/08/08)
UK merchants page updated, 22 new additions (13/08/08)
The wines of Chile: part 1 of a new series (12/08/08)
My Blog: Achaval Ferrer video (12/08/08)
My Blog: Vilafonte: high-end South Africans (11/08/08)
Project Cabernet Franc: improving the quality of Loire reds (11/08/08)
My Blog: Coteaux du Loire, corks and golf (10/08/08)
Wine photo of the week (09/08/08)
My Blog: Mallorca, the last installment (08/08/08)
My Blog: A fantastic hotel in a beautiful spot (07/08/08)
My Blog: Mallorcan wine (04/08/08)
My Blog: Stunning sweetie from Malaga (04/08/08)
Sacred Hill: part 13, New Zealand series (02/08/08)
My Blog: Jet lag (02/08/08)
My Blog: On the road in Oregon (30/07/08)
My Blog: Salmon Bake and mosh pit wines (27/07/08)
My Blog: Philippe Pacalet's natural Burgundies (27/07/08)
My Blog: IPNC in Oregon (26/07/08)
My Blog: Alentejo red and some petrolheading (24/07/08)
Interview with Bernard Hickin: winemaker with Jacob's Creek (23/07/08)
My Blog: Chardonnay fest (21/07/08)
Wine photo of the week (20/07/08)
My Blog: beautiful natural wines (19/07/08)
Stonecroft: part 12 New Zealand series (18/07/08)
My Blog: Photoshoot, Merlot and Roussillon, plus RTL (17/07/08)
My Blog: Retro Fitou and a Milllered Spanish red (16/07/08)
Recently tasted: dozens of wines (15/07/08)
My Blog: Cricket, Krispy Kreme and the Douro (14/07/08)
My Blog: Portugal, pink Burgundy and others (13/07/08)
CJ Pask: part 11, New Zealand series (12/07/08)
Knowledge helps the enjoyment of wine (11/07/08)
1001 wines: a great new book (10/07/08)
My Blog: Bardolino (09/07/08)
My Blog: and so does Dao (08/07/08)
My Blog: Bairrada rocks (07/06/08)
Knoll: serious Austrian wines (05/07/08)
Esk Valley: New Zealand series part 10 (02/07/08)
My Blog: Crazy Pinotage and some Torrontes (01/07/08)
My Blog: Aglianico and old Sherry (30/06/08)
Domaine Saint Hilaire: modern Languedoc wines (30/06/08)
My Blog: Pinot Blanc times two, Germany and Luxembourg (29/06/08)
My Blog: Perfect summer's evening with two Rhones (28/06/08)
My Blog: Craggy, recycling and umpiring (26/06/08)
Craggy Range Tasting: 29 wines tasted (25/06/08)
Craggy Range: part 8, New Zealand series (23/06/08)
Wine photo of the week (21/06/08)
Nicodemi: aspirational wines from Abruzzo (20/06/08)
My Blog: Bordeaux 1934 (19/06/08)
My Blog: Cider (19/06/08)
My Blog: busy day (18/06/08)
My Blog: The death of Kabinett (17/06/08)
Hawkes Bay and the Gimblett Gravels: New Zealand's top red wine region (16/06/08)
Wines of the month, June (16/06/08)
My Blog: Summer beer (15/06/08)
My Blog: Rose from Provence: tasting with the eyes (14/06/08)
My Blog: Some thoughts on closures (13/06/08)
My Blog: Bottle shock, trailer for a new film (12/06/08)
Domaine Leflaive: a masterclass with Anne-Claude Leflaive (10/06/08)
My Blog: One day, two remarkable tastings (09/06/08)
My Blog: Can Muscadet be serious? (08/06/08)
My Blog: I love Italy (07/06/08)
My Blog: Montalcino (06/06/08)
My Blog: Montepulciano (05/06/08)
My Blog: How cork is made: a short film (02/06/08)
My Blog: Back home with some Californians (01/06/08)
My Blog: I love Portugal (2) (31/05/08)
My Blog: A rainy Guimaeres and some old wines with Dirk (30/05/08)
My Blog: Making corks (28/05/08)
My Blog: I love Portugal (27/05/08)
Food and wine lover's guide to Portugal: a brilliant new book (25/05/08)
My Blog: Lord of the rings and more wines (24/05/08)
My Blog: thoughts on blind tasting (23/05/08)
Wine people: from the London trade fair week (22/05/08)
My Blog: natural wine tasting (21/05/08)
My Blog: Australia's young guns (20/05/08)
My Blog: Two furmints: Hungary and Slovenia (19/05/08)
Millton, NZ's biodynamic pioneer: part 6 NZ series, tasting the wines (18/05/08)
Recently tasted: 17 wines (17/05/08)
My Blog: Friday night thoughts, the Alentejo, and the F word (16/05/08)
My Blog: Danish reduction (15/05/08)
12 things to look for in a wine (14/05/08)
Millton, NZ's biodynamic pioneer, Part 5 of the New Zealand series (12/05/08)
My Blog: Playing the Belfry with some Craggy wines (11/05/08)
My Blog: Oxford tasting and an epic journey (07/05/08)
My Blog: A day in Lisbon (07/05/08)
My Blog: High alcohol Bordeaux (06/05/08)
My Blog: Two stunning Kiwis and a note on terroir (05/05/08)
My Blog: Spring, some telly and an injury (03/05/08)
My Blog: More Bordeaux 2005 (01/05/08)
Kurt Angerer: more top wines from Austria (28/04/08)
16 wines recently tasted (25/04/08)
My Blog: Striking gold at the IWC (24/04/08)
My Blog: More films and TV (23/04/08)
My Blog: Wine and spirit magazine on internet wine (22/04/08)
Montana: NZ's biggest winery, parts 3 and 4 NZ series (21/04/08)
My Blog: a great weekend, and NZ's best Sauvignon (20/04/08)
My Blog: Sauvignon and Pinotage, confronting prejudice (18/04/08)
My Blog: IWC: BBC and the end of week one (17/04/08)
My Blog: day 3 of the IWC, and the Barbican (16/04/08)
The Foundry: a South African star (14/04/08)
Bollinger: including Vieilles Vignes Françaises (12/04/08)
My Blog: two big reds: Argentina and Roussillon (11/04/08)
My Blog: excellent Loire Cab Franc (10/04/08)
My Blog: a visit to Denbies (09/04/08)
My Blog: two excellent Aussie Rieslings (07/04/08)
Matassa: exciting Roussillon domaine revisited (06/04/08)
My Blog: New world Syrah with an old world feel (05/04/08)
My Blog: a visit to Denbies (04/04/08)
Pesticide residues: a problem in wine? (03/04/08)
My Blog: two Chileans: carmenere and climate change (02/04/08)
Alvaro Castro: one of Portugal's top producers (01/04/08)
New Zealand part 2: Winegrowers of Ara/Composite Wines (31/03/08)
My Blog: Cider and Park Bench Pete (31/03/08)
My Blog: tasting Argentina at home (30/03/08)
My Blog: some Argentina pics (29/03/08)
My Blog: post from the road (27/03/08)
Wines of the month for March added (24/03/08)
My Blog: some blind Sauvignons and off to Argentina (24/03/08)
New Zealand: part 1 of a major series (22/03/08)
My Blog: Prosecco isn't Champagne (21/03/08)
My Blog: 57 varieties of Rose Champagne (20/03/08)
My Blog: Late night wine, and crazy French wines at Lords (19/03/08)
Meet Miguel Torres: the man and his wines (18/03/08)
My Blog: UKVA symposium (17/03/08)

What do you want from a wine critic? (27/02/08)
My Blog: Concha y Toro dinner (26/02/08)
Wines of the month for February added (25/02/08)
Bad hair days for wine (24/02/08)
My Blog: a fantastic real wine from the Jura (24/02/08)
Ata Rangi: New Zealand star (23/02/08)
My Blog: Organic, biodynamic and Californian (23/02/08)
Wine photo of the week (21/02/08)
My Blog: Working for free (20/02/08)
My Blog: Lunch at Bentley's with Steve Smith (19/02/08)
My Blog: Portal restaurant (18/02/08)
My Blog: A nice weekend and some wines (18/02/08)
Russ Weis and Silverado: serious Napa wines (16/02/08)
Mission Estate: Hawkes Bay winery reviewed (15/02/08)
DRC 2005: latest release of these iconic Burgundies (14/02/08)
My Blog: Celebratory fizz and top Viognier (13/02/08)
My Blog: Biodynamic Italian (12/02/08)
Barbara Banke and Kendall-Jackson: tasting and interview (12/02/08)
Wines for Spice: what to drink with curry (11/02/08)
My Blog: Derby victory and a good value Aussie (10/02/08)
My Blog: Sacred Hill on form (09/02/08)
Sheep's cheese: a workshop (08/02/08)
My Blog: Almost spring, Portugal, and a suit and tie (07/02/08)
My Blog: A serious sherry (06/02/08)
My Blog: my column has grown (05/02/08)
Wine photo of the week (05/02/08)
My Blog: Blind tasting at home and a bretty Rioja (03/02/08)
My Blog: In Manchester with the blues (02/02/08)
Umathum: serious Austrian reds (31/01/08)
My Blog: Australia day tasting and footy talk (30/01/08)
My Blog: lunch at Tate Britain (30/01/08)
Recently tasted: 18 wines (29/01/08)
My Blog: perfume (28/01/08)
Learn about wine: different levels of appreciation (27/01/08)
My Blog: a good red Burgundy (27/01/08)
Wines of the month for January added (26/01/08)
Kurt Angerer: some smart Gruners from Austria (25/01/08)
My Blog: tea tasting and eeepc update (24/01/08)
My Blog: Santiago fish market video and Chile summary (23/01/08)
Wines of Chile Awards: the full results (22/01/08)
My Blog: updates from Chile (9-21/01/08)
My Blog: chicken run, a museum riesling and a fairtrade shiraz (08/01/08)
Mac Forbes: rising Aussie star (08/01/08)
My Blog: a new toy, the eeepc (08/01/08)
My Blog: Burgundy 2006 and elegant Italian (07/01/08)
Portugal's leading wines: 30 tasted (06/01/08)
My Blog: Savennieres and others (04/01/08)
Wine predictions for 2008 (03/01/08)
My Blog: interesting South African white (02/01/08)
My Blog: late night wine video 3 (31/12/07)
Prager: don't tell me the score and other ramblings (30/12/07)
My Blog: a brace of Portuguese reds (30/12/07)
My Blog: describing wine by non-wine nuts and a fizzy lunch (29/12/07)
My Blog: a brace of Portuguese reds (27/12/07)
My Blog: some post-Christmas whites I like a lot (26/12/07)
Recently tasted: a bunch of wines (23/12/07)
My Blog: three pre-Christmas wines I liked (23/12/07)
My Blog: ramblings on books and films (21/12/07)
Platter 2008: the latest edition of the South African guide (20/12/07)
My Blog: Wines with Luis Antunes (19/12/07)
My Blog: tasting Portugal's best (18/12/07)
Seresin: smart wines from Marlborough (17/12/07)
My Blog: Red Burgundy (16/12/07)
My Blog: Saturday evening (15/12/07)
Wines of the month for December added (14/12/07)
My Blog: how gin is made (14/12/07)
My Blog: elegant alpine red (13/12/07)
Craggy Range Block 14 Syrah: extended tasting note 17 (12/12/07)
My Blog: great beer and suicidal cat (12/12/07)
Rising alcohol levels in wine: is this a problem? What can be done? (11/12/07)
My Blog: good affordable Douro red (10/12/07)
My Blog: late night wine video blog 2 (08/11/07)
My Blog: Heathcote Shiraz/passing of a great (07/12/07)
Pittnauer: serious Austrian wines (7/12/07)
My Blog: Chilean whites from Errazuriz (04/12/07)
My Blog: Glitzy beer evening (05/12/07)
Mat Garretson: California meets the Rhône (04/12/07)
My Blog: A brilliant affordable Loire red (04/11/07)
My Blog: The FMC (02/11/07)
My Blog: My first video blog entry (01/11/07)
David Hohnen interview: the man behind Cloudy Bay and Cape Mentelle (01/12/07)
Margaret River Series: Part 9, McHenry Hohnen (30/11/07)
My Blog: South African star with no added sulfur (29/11/07)
German wines at Fortnum & Mason (28/11/07)
My Blog: fizz of a different kind (27/11/07)
My Blog: Biodynamic Champagne (26/11/07)
My Blog: A nightmare, and fortieth celebration (25/11/07)
Brettanomyces: friend or foe? (22/11/07)
My Blog: brettanomyces at the Cafe Anglais (21/11/07)
My Blog:Amphorae (20/11/07)
My Blog: Good cheap malbec (19/11/07)
My Blog: Gruner with and without sulfur dioxide (18/11/07)
My Blog: Bodyclocks and Riesling (17/11/07)
Photographs from Marlborough (16/11/07)
My Blog: NZ (7) a nice surprise in Waipara (16/11/07)
My Blog: NZ (6) Gisborne and Hawkes Bay (14/11/07)
My Blog: NZ (5) The Marlborough wine region (11/11/07)
Rose revival: is it good for wine? (10/11/07)
My Blog: NZ (4) (09/11/07)
My Blog: NZ (3) (08/11/07)
My Blog: NZ (1) and (2) (06/11/07)
My Blog: Biodynamic sicilian amphora wine (03/11/07)
Bordeaux 2005: leading wines assessed in bottle (03/11/07)
My Blog: Crozes Hermitage (01/11/07)
My Blog: New Douro 2005 (31/10/07)
Uwe Schiefer: stylish Austrian reds (30/10/07)
My Blog: Bordeaux 2005 in bottle (29/10/07)
The wines of Chile: Peter Richards' book (29/10/07)
Wines of the month added (28/10/07)
My Blog: a Corsican white that rocks (27/10/07)
My Blog: out of contact in Wales (26/10/07)
Alain Dominique Perrin interview: celebrity Cahors (18/10/07)
My Blog: Sena, Henschke and some boring zins (17/10/07)
Twelve wines recently tasted (16/10/07)
My Blog: two interesting whites from the south of France (15/10/07)
My Blog: I love wine! (13/10/07)
DRC 2004: the world's greatest domaine? (13/10/07)
My Blog: sporting weekend beckons (12/10/07)
My Blog: new varieties from the new world (11/10/07)
My Blog: press tastings and Beaucastel 83 (10/10/07)
Bruce Jack interview: Flagstone joins Constellation; Jack to run Kumala (09/10/07)
Leeuwin Estate: a Margaret River Classic (07/10/07)
My Blog: Musar 99 and a Burgundy luncheon (05/10/07)
Bordeaux 2007: initial impressions (04/10/07)
My Blog: wine TV of sorts (03/10/07)
Xanadu: part 7, Margaret River Series (02/10/07)
My Blog: a good day and two modern Spanish wines (01/10/07)
My Blog: A quick visit to Bordeaux (29/09/07)
Nikolaihof: leading biodynamic Austrian estate (26/09/07)
My Blog: Andrew Pirie and a dodgy advert (25/09/07)
Château Palmer: tasting back to 1970 from this top property (24/09/06)
My Blog: Trevallon 2000 is the real thing (23/09/07)
My Blog: C'mon city (22/09/07)
My Blog: Hotel du Vin (21/09/07)
Storing wine at home: a guide (19/07/06)
Domaine Ganevat: wines from the Jura (18/09/07)
Recently tasted 21 more wines (17/09/07)
My Blog: Grand Cru Burgundy from NZ and summer arriving late (16/09/07)
My Blog: Eating dogs and David Hohnen interview (14/09/07)
My Blog: Meat and Malbec (13/09/07)
My Blog: 05 Rhones and a bargain alert (11/09/07)
Clare Valley Cabernet: 22 wines reviewed (10/09/07)
My Blog: More Riesling (09/09/07)
My Blog: A merr-loww for Musar fans (07/09/07)
Emmanuel Houillon: remarkable natural wines from the Jura (05/09/07)
My Blog: a great day (04/09/07)
My Blog: Reductive Viognier and a nice Shiraz (03/09/07)
My Blog: Le Dome 1996 plus others blind (02/09/07)
My Blog: Chardonnay, Shiraz and Airfix (01/09/07)
Chocapalha: modern wines from Portugal (31/08/07)
Mas Jullien: Languedoc star (30/08/07)
My Blog: Cornas and smelling dimly (29/08/07)
My Blog: More merr-loww (29/08/07)
Kir Yiannis: top wines from Greece (28/08/07)
My Blog: Reach for the skies (27/08/07)
My Blog: Riesling from Chile (23/08/07)
Recently tasted: 26 more wines (23/08/07)
My Blog: now for...a serious grape variety (22/08/07)
My Blog: A merr-loww I quite like (21/08/07)
Douro table wines from the Symingtons (20/08/07)
My Blog: ...but not Merr-low (19/08/07)
My Blog: I love Pinot Noir (18/08/07)
Luigi Bosca: Argentinean producer reviewed (16/08/07)
My Blog: Chianti and Sangiovese (14/08/07)
My Blog: English Pinot (13/08/07)
Cape Mentelle: Margaret River Pioneer (13/08/07)
2004 Reds from AXA, with Christian Seely (12/08/07)
My Blog: A wild vine observed (11/08/07)
My Blog: Holiday in the country (10/08/07)
My Blog: Indian wine (02/08/07)
My Blog: Big malbec and a black tower (01/08/07)
Howard Park: part 5, Margaret River series (30/07/07)
Learn about wine: a new section (29/07/07)
Wines of the month for July added (28/07/07)
Wine in PET bottles: will plastic replace glass? (27/07/07)
Malbec from Argentina: 45 wines rated (25/07/07)
My Blog: A family day (24/07/07)
My Blog: Tasting wines blind (23/07/07)
My Blog: Print versus online, and Argentina (21/07/07)
My Blog: bits and pieces (19/07/07)
Cullen: part 4, Margaret River series (18/07/07)
Wendouree: tasting some of Australia's most interesting wines (17/07/07)
My Blog: world's best Chardonnay? (16/07/07)
My Blog: wild hare and theme parks (15/07/07)
My Blog: Low cost airlines, wine clubs and business models (14/07/07)
Marimar Estate: Torres' Californian outpost (12/07/07)
My Blog: Portugal, cheese and dodgy reciprocity (11/07/07)
Evans and Tate: Western Australian producer revisited (10/07/07)
My Blog: travel woes (09/07/07)
My Blog: Clonakilla (08/07/07)
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Marjan Simčič: interesting whites from Slovenia (03/07/07)
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Gerovassiliou: Greece's best? (30/06/07)
Cloudy Bay: famous New Zealand producer (28/06/07)
My Blog: Australia meets Italy (27/06/07)
Tapanappa: premium Aussies reviewed (26/06/07)
De Bortoli Shiraz Viognier: a remarkable Aussie red (25/06/07)
Moss Wood: part 3, Margaret River series (23/06/07)
My Blog: Alain Dominique Perrin (22/06/07)
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Lomond: promising South African newcomer (20/06/07)
Wine photo of the week (19/06/07)
My Blog: two pairs: Chablis and Portugal (18/06/07)
Wines of the month for June added (17/06/07)
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Recently tasted: 59 more wines (14/06/07)
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Oddbins Selection: UK retailer changes approach with the classics (13/06/07)
My Blog: cheese and sustainability (12/06/07)
Bodega el Fin del Mundo: from Argentina's Patagonia (11/06/07)
My Blog: philosophy and wine, plus rubbish wine (10/06/07)
My Blog: more from wineterroirs (09/06/07)
Grande Cassagne Civette: extended tasting note (07/06/07)
My Blog: dead laptop, two chardonnays (06/06/07)
Rhône blends from South Africa: do they work? (05/06/07)
My Blog: on the river/Gruner veltliner (03/06/07)
Fermoy Estate: part 2 in the Margaret River Series (02/06/07)
About the author: updated (01/06/07)
Margaret River: a series exploring this leading Aussie region (31/05/07)
My Blog: Cider...without Rosie (30/05/07)
My Blog: in Devon (28/05/07)
Bonterra goes biodynamic: McNab ranch wine assessed (26/05/06)
My Blog: No sulphur added South African wine (25/05/07)
Rustenberg John X Merriman vertical: top South African reds (24/05/07)
My Blog: Trade fair day 2 plus dinner with Dirk (23/05/07)
My Blog: trade fair day 1 plus RSJ (22/05/07)
Wine photo of the week (21/05/07)
My Blog: Football, ice, beaujolias (21/05/07)
Dinner with Dirk Niepoort: tasting with Portugal's pioneer (20/05/07)
Pierre Frick: natural wines from Alsace (18/05/07)
My Blog: Cricket and Wolf Blass (17/05/07)
My Blog: Torres, Tuscany and Chenin (16/05/07)
My Blog: Glenfiddich and Craggy Range (15/05/07)
My Blog: talking terroir and football (14/05/07)
My Blog: more Pinot Noir (12/05/07)
Domaine Gramenon: stunning 'natural' Rhônes (11/05/07)
My Blog: more tastings and cheap books (10/05/07)
Cono Sur Pinot Noirs: can Chile make top Pinots? (09/05/07)
My Blog: killing Santa and terroir (08/05/07)
Recently tasted: 12 more wines (08/05/07)
Photos from Rioja (07/05/07)
My Blog: bank holiday boozing (07/05/07)
My Blog: in the vineyard (05/05/07)
My Blog: Rioja and cricket (04/05/07)
My Blog: more films and a quick trip (02/05/07)
New Douro 2004: more wines rated (02/05/07)
Champagne Tarlant: fine fizz reviewed (01/05/07)
My Blog: real wine tasting (30/04/07)
Overripeness: one of the key issues on the world of wine (30/04/07)
My Blog: sulfuring vines and two good wines (29/04/07)
Domaine Tissot: top wines from France's Jura (27/04/07)
My Blog: Douro's best value? (27/04/07)
My Blog: Back to London (26/04/07)
My Blog: Chinese overseas (25/04/07)
Wine photo of the week (23/04/07)
My Blog: Lunch leads to dinner (22/04/07)
My Blog: Fizz on the beach (19/04/07)
My Blog: Turtles and dolphins (18/04/07)
My Blog: Underwater world (16/04/07)
My Blog: Margaret River (13/04/07)
My Blog: To Australia (09/04/07)
My Blog: Technology and wine (05/04/07)
Recently tasted: 8 more wines (03/04/07)
My Blog: Glenfiddich shortlist (03/04/07)
Trevallon: iconic domaine from Provence (02/04/07)
My Blog: time to prune (01/04/07)
Red, white and drunk all over: Natalie MacLean's new book (31/03/07)
Lenz Moser: Mr Grüner Veltliner (30/03/07)
My Blog: Vins Clairs (28/03/07)
My Blog: Champagne and Portugal (27/03/07)
Natural wine: tasting 12 no-added-sulfur wines (26/03/07)
My Blog: Rewind and natural wines (24/03/07)
My Blog: Alion vertical (22/03/07)
Wines of the month added for March (22/03/07)
My Blog: Romaneira (21/03/07)
Shiraz blind: a tasting with Robin Tedder (20/03/07)
Matassa: an update on this top Roussillon producer (18/03/07)
My Blog: Ahh, Pinot Noir (18/03/07)
My Blog: Spring and fizz (16/03/07)
Quinta do Noval: their long-awaited Douro table wines (15/03/07)
Wendouree: Australian cult classic (13/03/07)
Wine photo of the week (12/03/07)
My Blog: bottling it (11/03/07)
My Blog: magnets and wine revisited (10/03/07)
My Blog: extreme cheese? (09/03/07)
My Blog: Bordeaux 2005 revisited (08/03/07)
Wine and cheese: do they work together? (07/03/07)
Spitzerberg: extended tasting note of an elegant Austrian (05/03/07)
My Blog: in Suffolk (04/03/07)
Clark Smith interview: hi tech winemaking plus natural wines (01/03/07)
Villiera: final part of the South African series (28/02/07)
Domaine Mosse: natural wines from Anjou (27/02/07)
My Blog: big in Sweden (27/02/07)
My Blog: bits and pieces and a Brampton (25/02/07)
Morgenster: Bordeaux-styled South Africans (24/02/07)
Coldstream Hills: part 7, Yarra series (22/02/07)
James Halliday: interview with an Aussie wine icon (21/02/07)
My Blog: buying too much wine and others (20/02/07)
Douro 2004: Vallado, Xisto and Macedos (19/02/07)
My Blog: bretty Beaujolais (17/02/07)
My Blog: Aussie Zinfandel? (16/02/07)
My Blog: Bad science (15/02/07)
Mercaptans and other sulfur compounds in wine (15/02/07)
My Blog: Finding love with cheap South African wine (14/02/07)
Ostertag: leading Alsace producer (14/02/07)
My Blog: Cloof or spoof? (13/02/07)
Recently tasted 15 more wines (13/02/07)
My Blog: Harvest films from SA (12/02/07)
My Blog: Pinot Noir, yet again (11/02/07)
Marcel Deiss: Alsace terroirist (10/02/07)
My Blog: Portugal rocks! (09/02/07)
My Blog: Pinot Noir (08/02/07)
How to choose wine: book review (07/02/07)
Douro 2004: some more wines rated (06/02/07)
My Blog: Global warming and wine (05/02/07)
My Blog: If you have to ask the price... (04/02/07)
Yering Station: Yarra Valley star (02/02/07)
My Blog: Questions of taste (01/02/07)
Wine photo of the week (31/01/07)
My Blog: what I did in Paris (31/01/07)
This month's recommended wines added (30/01/07)
My Blog: Irouleguy (30/01/07)
My Blog: Paris (28/01/07)
Thelema: top wines from Stellenbosch (26/01/07)
Mount Mary: cult Australian winery (24/01/07)
Portugal's leading wines: 22 tasted (23/01/07)
My Blog: Laroche on screwcaps and Chablis 2005 (22/01/07)
My Blog: Musar 1999 (21/01/07)
Domaine St Préfert: new Châteauneuf star (20/01/07)
Defending screwcaps (19/01/07)
My Blog: wine plus (18/01/07)
My Blog: the Yarra, bottles arriving and a discovery (16/01/07)
Wine photo of the week (16/01/07)
My Blog: Michael Seresin (15/01/07)
Giant Steps and Innocent Bystander: part 4, Yarra series (15/01/07)
My Blog: walking the dog, drinking Chianti (14/01/07)
My Blog: Gewurztraminer (13/01/07)
Wine photo of the week (12/01/07)
My Blog: Slovenian Sauvignon (11/01/07)
My Blog: book project and cheese (10/01/07)
De Bortoli: part 3 in the Yarra Valley series (09/01/07)
My Blog: beer, cheese, Pinotage and politics (07/01/07)
Warwick Estate: part 15, South African series (06/01/07)
Uwe Schiefer: red wines from Austria (04/01/07)
My Blog: ramblings (03/01/07)
My Blog: white Minervois (02/01/07)
Swiss wine: part 5, tasting the top wines (01/01/07)

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