Travelling Round The World – January 23rd-25th

Posted on January 25, 2010 by nealmartin

One thing I can never accuse myself of, is not working hard enough. Having just blind tasted 200 Clarets whilst simultaneously writing the tasting notes, notwithstanding writing up 750+ Burgundy 2008 notes,  I am heading off to New Zealand for the 2010 Pinot Noir Conference, where I am joining a panel of speakers including the [...]

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Southwold Tasting – January 20th-22nd

Posted on January 25, 2010 by nealmartin

For the last three days, I have been attending the annual “Southwold” Bordeaux tasting: a ritual inaugurated by Clive Coates in the early 1980s in order to blind taste a recent vintage from bottle as comprehensively as possible. Many famous writers have sat round a table debating the merits of “Wine Number 13” over “Wine [...]

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