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Team Tarahumara does Trailwalker 2012: June 2012
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Team Tarahumara does Trailwalker 2012. Tuesday, 26 June 2012. With Tarahumara Chloë off to Columbia for two weeks on the 24th, this was to be our last opportunity to get some team training in before Trailwalker itself. We'd opted for two nights under canvas what with it being June, and in Britain, what could possibly go wrong? A few miles down the road we sighted Chris taking refuge from the deluge in his car just outside The Castle Inn. And (rather more sensibly) staying in the bunk house. They too ...
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Sour Grapes: May 2007
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Monday, 28 May 2007. Lincoln's Inn Loire Valley and Bordeaux tasting. When you go to a wine show, the last thing you want to do is give your honest opinion of a bad wine to the exhibitor’s face. Usually exhibitors make you taste your way through a forest of appalling lesser wines – usually their ‘ unwooded. Chardonnay’ (code for ‘we’re pricing this at £2 so we can’t afford oak barrels’), or their ‘unique’ Riesling- Viognier. First a pair of Muscadets. 8217;t think it real...
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Sour Grapes: March 2008
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Monday, 24 March 2008. Crapos en el Bujo. Oberon Kant’s Big Book of Wine. Is the greatest book on wine ever written, the BBC’s. Is the greatest cooking show ever. It’s a shame they never released a DVD of it (but don’t worry, you can find most episodes on YouTube. I regard Simon Marchmont. 8217;s aphorisms as my guiding light in day to day life. “Food without wine? 8221; It’s Spanish style Toad in the Hole using chorizo. 8217;t mean anything in any language as far as I ca...
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Sour Grapes: November 2007
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Wednesday, 14 November 2007. Oxford Blind Tasting, 11 November 2007. 2006 Grove Mill Sauvignon Blanc. Marlborough, New Zealand). 2004 Domaine Roches Pouilly Fuissé. 2006 Wild Rock ‘Cupid’s Arrow’ Pinot Noir. Central Otago, New Zealand). 2006 Chapoutier ‘Les Meysonniers’ Crozes Hermitage. Afterwards we went to the Anchor for dinner. Thumbs up for the steak and kidney pudding; thumbs firmly down for the thin, acidic Barbera d’Asti on the wine list. Wednesday, 7 November 2007.
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Sour Grapes: Crapos en el Bujo
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Monday, 24 March 2008. Crapos en el Bujo. Oberon Kant’s Big Book of Wine. Is the greatest book on wine ever written, the BBC’s. Is the greatest cooking show ever. It’s a shame they never released a DVD of it (but don’t worry, you can find most episodes on YouTube. I regard Simon Marchmont. 8217;s aphorisms as my guiding light in day to day life. “Food without wine? 8221; It’s Spanish style Toad in the Hole using chorizo. 8217;t mean anything in any language as far as I ca...
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Sour Grapes: June 2007
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Friday, 15 June 2007. Planet of the Grapes post no 1. 8221; together with smears of bodily fluids. And here they are:. 2006 Domaine Felines Jourdan Picpoul de Pinet. 2006 Nautilus Pinot Gris. Marlborough, NZ) (£14.50). 2005 Jean Daneel Signature Chenin Blanc. South Africa) (£20). 2005 J Lohr ‘Wildflower’ Valdigue. 2004 Cline ‘Small Berry’ Mourvedre. USA) (£21.50). 2004 Ridge Lytton Springs Zinfandel. Monday, 4 June 2007. Wines from the Magdalen College cellar. We are talk...
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Sour Grapes: July 2007
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Monday, 9 July 2007. You are what you drink. I’ve been asked for my opinions on what ‘brow’ classification certain wines fall under. For those unfamiliar, the ‘brow’ classification divides life on earth into four categories – Highbrow Highbrow, Lowbrow Highbrow, Highbrow Lowbrow and Lowbrow Lowbrow. It first came to my attention in an. The Rite of Spring. By Stravinsky, shirts from Turnbull and Asser. Highbrow Lowbrow is my favourite category – its members don’...
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Sour Grapes: In which I go to supermarket without incident
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Monday, 4 February 2008. In which I go to supermarket without incident. The one habit I cannot kick, though, is worrying about is other customers being judgmental about my wine choices (yes, I buy wine at the supermarket sometimes, got a problem? Last Thursday, however, I was open to attack on both fronts, because in a fit of idiocy and homesickness I chose a bottle of Wolf Blass Yellow Label Chardonnay. 163;10) has a healthy golden colour. It’s silky and butter...On Sund...
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Sour Grapes: October 2007
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Sunday, 7 October 2007. As some of you may know, my peerless knowledge of wine has finally been recognised by my being invited to be a face of the Emporia. Range of wines (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, see: http:/ www.emporiabrands.com/brochure/winepages/vigouroux.htm. But what wine to choose to be the face of? That I’m not going to choose a Fino. Sherry that tastes like licking the side of a boat, or a £5 Australian Semillon. And ripe tannins on the finish.
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Sour Grapes: Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
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A blog about blind wine tasting. Sunday, 27 January 2008. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport. What better way to celebrate Australia Day than with a swift bracket of tasty little numbers from downunder. I know I can get a little bit evangelical about Australian wine and how fucking awesome it can be, but I think this weekend’s experience confirms that I’m right in my views. Some observations:. 1 White wine. Hello? Since when did Australian whites become this elegant? 3 Freshness. Even in the reds, I’m...8217;s ...