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Category Archives: Winemakers and Experts
A Trip to Champagne – Part II: Veuve Clicquot
Wandering Champagne connoisseur Marc Ditcham continues his epic two day journey with a visit to Veuve Clicquot. Missed part one? Catch up now…
The next morning I woke early to a stifling room and a groggy head, not helped by the defunct air conditioning unit and certainly not helped by the whisky sours and the cognacs [...]
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A Trip to Champagne – Part I: Ruinart
Having been fortunate enough to be invited to join Moet Hennessy on a trip to Reims, Champagne in March I thought it was time to reflect and to share my experience of visiting two of the truly great Grand Marques; Ruinart and Veuve Cliquot.
For many, waking up early on a Monday morning to face the [...]
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The Wines of Pomerol with Neal Martin
Last night, we were thrilled to have long-time friend of Roberson, Neal Martin, guest-hosting a tasting looking at the wines of Pomerol. From the early days of wine-journal.com through his superb work on the Wine Advocate to his forthcoming book on the wines of the region, we have long been fans of his work and [...]
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Neal Martin talks about our 1982 Bordeaux Tasting
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The Road to Rhone – Day 1
You have got your passport haven’t you Mark?
With those seven words horror passed through the car as we realized the long drive to Burgundy was going to get even longer. Still, the way I figured it, everyone is allowed to forget their passport once in their life, if you do it for a second time, [...]
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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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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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The Reinvention of the Co-op