Vinum et Vita
Monday, 30 January 2017
2002 Vintage: A Year to Remember
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29 January 2017: The vintage to celebrate was 2002. It was the year we established a number of friendships. It was the year a lovely young l...
2009 Les Climats du Coeur
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17 January 2017: We finally decided to crack open this beautiful case of 2009 Les Climats du Coeur. (I said 'we' but it was really ...
1982 vs 1983 Margaux
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26 January 2017: Despite the dropping out of our guest of honour who would have given special meaning to this dinner, a smaller group of us...
Monday, 2 January 2017
Festive Highlights 2016: 1959 La Mission Haut Brion and a 1969 Remoissenet Les Suchots plus others
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December 2016: We saw off 2016 with the usual spread of highs and disappointments. Here were the bottles: 1959 La Mission Haut Brion: A ...
20 vintages of Leroy Clos de Vougeot
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Tasters at work around 20 bottles of Clos de Vougeot November 2016: It was a tasting of 20 vintages of Leroy Clos de Vougeot that too...
Friday, 21 October 2016
Nuits-Saint-Georges, Fly Me to the Moon!
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21 October 2016: This commune which gave its name to the Côte de Nuits had a little-known claim to fame. In the book “Autour de La Lune...
Sunday, 4 September 2016
Beautiful Old Riojas: 1964 Vina Ardanza Reserva Especial
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2 Sep 2016: This dinner took a while to come together and in the end, we lost some people but gained others. It was a remarkable assembly ...
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