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Category Archives: Tastings
Jancis Robinson MW at our Echezeaux Tasting
Last night’s Echezeaux tasting contained some fascinating wines, everybody seemed to enjoy themselves, and we were very lucky to be joined by various luminaries from the wine world.
Here shop manager and tall cameraman Joe talks through the wines, good and bad with Jancis Robinson MW.
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Visiting Domaine Ott
It was a bit like turning up for a blind date, casting my eyes around Heathrow terminal five, trying to identify my companions for a trip to Domaine Ott, who, I realised I had no contact details for. Luckily, there seemed a group who looked like they had just met each other and were talking [...]
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Bollinger Visit Roberson
The good people from Bollinger stopped in today to remind us of how good their wines all are.
They even brought with them a reserve wine from the 2004 vintage, their Pinot Noir from Verzenay. This is one of the 200 that make up the blend of what you see on the shelf, and was certainly [...]
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Stars of Southern France Tasting
The latest instalment of our fine wine tasting program kicked off last thursday with a look at the ‘Legends of Southern France’. As you all know Burgundy is my first love in the world of wine, but once the Côte d’Or is taken out of the equation it is the sunny climes of Mediterranean France [...]
Stars of Piedmont
You might remember that after a superlative bottle of the 1998 Rocche de Faletto Giacosa over Christmas, I made my New Years resolution to drink more Italian wine. How am I getting on? Not too well, my vinous diet seems still to be mostly composed of dodgy samples from various samples and producers, oh, and [...]
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Vega Sicilia Come to Roberson
Last night we held one of our most exciting tastings of the year – a fascinating look at Spain’s aristocratic wine estate, Vega Sicilia.
Winemaker Xavier Ausas took charge of proceedings, which consisted of a tasting of Pintia ‘06, Alion ‘04 and ‘05 before the main business of the evening, four vintages of Valbuena (’04, ‘02, [...]
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Nosing around Burgundy
Feeling a little dishevelled and tired, Mark and I returned from Burgundy late last night. After we had drained the car of tissues and Sudafed for my cold, Price-lists and directions, and my collection of CD’s (brilliant and cutting-edge) we set about evaluating the trip.
We drove up to Beaune on Tuesday, departing from London at [...]
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First Growth Showdown
It is always an event to taste one of Bordeaux’s first growths, but to taste all of them next to each other from the same vintage is a rare privilege indeed. Even better when that vintage is a stellar year like 1985, which Michael Broadbent described as “one of the most perfect vintages, for drinking [...]
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DRC 2006
One of the more rareified tastings in the calender is the annual release of Domaine de la Romanee Conti’s wines through their UK agent, Corney and Barrow. Voices are hushed, numbers are low, and even the scruffiest member of the wine trade (I’m sure he works at Roberson) puts on a smart tie and suit.
Arranging [...]
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The Road to Rhone – Day 1