International Wine Challenge
International Wne Challenge: how to run a good wine competition.
Tag Archives: France
Drinking with the dinosaurs
Vin jaune, ‘yellow wine’, is one of the world’s weirdiest: like drinking with the dinosaurs.
Happy 2013
Happy New Year! Thank you for your readership. Summary of some good wines, and resolutions for 2013.
Julien Meyer Sylvaner 2001
Do you believe in great wine? Here’s one from Alsace. And amazingly it’s a Sylvaner.
Less hate, more love
Alsace wines are improving. Notably they are becoming drier.
A lovely older Muscadet
Found a 7-year-old bottle of Muscadet in the cellar. Turned out to be delicious.
Football wine
The 2012 European football championship in Poland: what we’ve been drinking.
Clos Rougeard Les Poyeux 1997
Famous yet underwhelming.
Rolet Poulsard 1983
A great, timeless bottle of red.
Domaine Martin Schaetzel Riesling Kaefferkopf 1997
Good wine, but I’m happy it’s gone.
