Susy Atkins Talks Christmas
Laura | 7 Dec 2015
Last week, Susy Atkins; BBC1 Saturday Kitchen wine presenter, wine editor of the Sunday Telegraph Stella Magazine and also Delicious magazine, came to Bath to host an informal, intimate tasting of a s...
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Laura | 17 Nov 2015
Recommended with Malvasia del Salento Vigne & Vini Varvaglione "The aromatic and ever so slightly off-dry style balance the light spiciness of the merguez sausage whilst the wines fresh acidity an...
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Laura | 11 Nov 2015
Quinta Do Crasto Douro Superior The wine has beautifully perfumed fruit and spice aromas, reminiscent perhaps of Côte Rôtie or even of Château Cos d'Estournel. It's intense and vibrant, with velvety...
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Laura | 4 Nov 2015
Ferrari Maximum Brut NV Dry, elegant and well-balanced. It displays notable personality, with the intense fruity notes that are typical of Chardonnay accompanied by appealing nuances of vanilla and y...
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Laura | 28 Oct 2015
Howard Park Mount Barker Riesling 2014 Since 1986, Howard Park has focused on creating fine, long-lived Rieslings from the Great Southern. Careful, ongoing development of our Mount Barrow vineyard ha...
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Laura | 21 Oct 2015
Bogle Essential Red Very vibrant, almost beetroot red in colour. Hugely intense aromas of damson and plum, with bitter chocolate and black cherry. Underlying a wonderful spicy zinfandel character tha...
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Laura | 23 Sep 2015
Vistalba Corte C Mendoza 2014 Juicy black cherry fruit with complex nuances of spice (black pepper, aniseed) and herbs (dill, mint). Soft, voluptuous and superbly-balanced. A blissful marriage of Mal...
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Laura | 9 Sep 2015
Falernia Syrah Reserva, 2011 Bright deep colour, spicy, perfumed black fruit aroma. Elegant and pure, rich yet wonderfully soft texture. Full-bodied but beautifully silky. This wine has won more trop...
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Laura | 3 Sep 2015
Bogle Phantom 2011 Three distinctive varietals that combine lush berry and fierce spice into this wine. Deeply luscious and succulent blackberries, aromas of anise and sweet fig are embraced by touch...
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Laura | 26 Aug 2015
J.Lohr, Wildflower, Valdigue 2014 This wine is vibrant and red-purple in color with bright aromas of boysenberry, Bing cherry, raspberry and pomegranate. The fruit complexion on the palate is equally...
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Laura | 19 Aug 2015
Antu Ninquén Syrah 2013 Deep, brooding, inky purple in colour with a developed, aromatic nose dominated by ripe black fruits and smoky oak. The palate is full bodied and concentrated, dripping with s...
Read moreAn evening with Howard Park at Allium Restaurant
Laura | 18 Aug 2015
Great Western Wine and Allium Restaurant run some pretty good wine dinners, and I’ve been lucky enough to attend most of them. However, the prospect of a combination of Chris Staines’ magic culinary t...
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