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Category Archives: Outside Roberson
San Sebastien and Taxoli
As the newbie here at the shop, my time is spent absorbing as much as I can – jumping in on the tastings, samples, and in general just always feeling a little lost. I’ve just come back not long ago from a short trip to the continent (as the lone American here I really enjoy [...]
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Champagne 2012 – The Good Kind of Apocalypse
The weather in the Champagne region is not always perfect. In fact, one of my French friends (from Champagne) is the only non-British person I know never to complain about the weather here in the U.K. – which tells you just how bad it can be. At Roberson we love Champagne and have been importing the [...]
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The Longest Marathon in the World
Putting two good things together doesn’t always make something better. Like Frank Lampard and Steven Gerarrd in central midfield, there are some combinations that just don’t work. I remember the time I mixed my two favourite drinks as a twelve year old – milk and apple juice. I poured it down the sink. But, sometimes, two things that seem [...]
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A Visit to Oban and How Whisky is Made
A trip to Scotland is not complete without a visit to one of the many whisky distilleries distributed throughout the country, so it should come as no surprise to hear that I found myself at the door of the Oban distillery on a recent holiday to the North. Sharing its name with that of the [...]
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Winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2012
With suit pressed, shoes polished, 2 x Decanter World Wine Awards invites in hand, the promise of a Champagne reception, trophy-winning wine, great company, great food and the possibility of winning the Best London Wine Merchant title, it had all the makings of a perfect evening. Unfortunately, my date was not a beautiful trophy wife [...]
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An Anniversary Surprise
A married couple have but one anniversary a year and, on that very strict basis, even I am prepared to cast all fiscal caution and reason and sense and prudence and logic to the wind and, for 2.5 hours on that happy date, indulge myself. And my wife. Apparently Pizza Express no longer cuts the [...]
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Jamie Kutch – Pinot Noir with Real Sonoma Character
One of our most exciting discoveries of the last twelve months has been the wines of Jamie Kutch: Pinot Noir which demonstrates the exemplary quality that can be achieved in Sonoma. While staying in Sonoma for a couple of weeks earlier in the year I was really intrigued to see how carefully growers and producers mapped their [...]
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Tasting Sake at the Japanese Embassy
A Monday evening in late June saw the Japanese Embassy host a Sake (rice ‘wine’) and Shochu (Japanese spirit) tasting, with 30 brewers and distillers in attendance showing off their products. This year was an especially important event for the exhibitors, being one of the first tastings in London since the Tohoku earthquake last year; [...]
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What to Get the Wine Geek in Your Life
Wine? Pah, he’s already got to much of that. Corkscrew, glasses? Boring. I’ll tell you what to get him, a T shirt from Mouton Noir in California. I stumbled across this website a few weeks ago. Some brilliant stuff. Something for everyone….
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Roberson at The Real Wine Fair 2013
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