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Not your usual glass of Chardonnay

by GINNY GILMORE Would I like to go to a dinner and in-depth Chablis tasting? Of course I would! So I set off for Sam’s Brasserie in Chiswick to meet the team from The Vinter and their Chablis gurus La Chablisienne.

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Billecart-Salmon, a very special offer

January 18, 2012 Vintellect

Following the success of their promotion last year, the incredibly generous peeps at Billecart-Salmon are helping to make Valentine’s day sparkle with a very special, bubbly offer. Purchase a bottle of BILLECART-SALMON Brut Rosé non-vintage or Vintage Extra-Brut 2004 from participating restaurants* and at the end of your meal you will receive a complimentary half [...]

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Colombo’s Cornas

January 17, 2012 Notes from the bottom of a bottle...

The previous post on wine trends for 2012 posited the notion that Northern Rhone reds would start to crowd out expensive lesser appellation Burgundies. Its not really based on any serious market research but more disenchantment with escalating prices and the inability to get more than a fistful of entry level Bourgognes at under £20. [...]

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2012 – Wishful Thinking

January 11, 2012 Vintellect

There has been lots of Crystal Ball Gazing plus more astute analysis of trends in the wine world. Below are some plausible possibilities WineChap would like to see realised in 2012 (note no mention of affordable DRC, or reduction of taxes on fine wines)

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Top Wines of 2011 – Part Two & Best of the Rest

December 29, 2011 Vintellect

Below are my second 6 of 12 most memorable wine experiences of the year (again not quite one each month as December is always too much of a blur to recall with any clarity or warmth until the new year). Again it was tough narrowing the shortlist but I have still concentrated on those which [...]

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Round-Up of Round Ups & Top Wines of 2011 – Part One

December 27, 2011 Vintellect

We’ve rounded up some of the best round-ups of 2011 for your perusal: Andy Neather @hernehillandy (ES wine columnist): Wine books of the year Dino Joannides @Gastro1 (Daily Epicurean blog and founder of Melograno Alimentari): London’s best gastronomy 2011 Bruce Palling @bruce_palling (WSJ food writer): 2011 Culinary Reflections Tim Atkin MW @Timatkin (wine writer): Wine [...]

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Merry Mulling this Christmas

December 24, 2011 Notes from the bottom of a bottle...

Image: Sarah Topley’s, “Snow Scene”. With thanks to the artist for permission to reproduce part of her work. Tis the season, fah la la etc. I don’t care how “Bah humbug” you might feel at this time of year, nothing quite picks up the spirits like the smell of mulled wine warming on the hob; [...]

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Last minute Christmas gifts!

December 23, 2011 Vintellect

Christmas shopping for an elderly or semi-distant relative is always a bit of a mine field; at no point in your life have you ever wanted to own monogrammed handkerchiefs, or scented drawer papers to keep your underwear smelling violety-fresh and yet we imagine that turning seventy is the equivalent of losing all sense of [...]

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