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Wine: Claret is more affordable than ever, thanks to small producers
Bordeaux has a reputation for its high prices even in lesser vintages. Yet Bordeaux is a vast region; with 18,000 producers making wine from more than 120,000 hectares, it is almost as large as Australia’s entire vineyard area.
Wine: ‘Evans condemned the Oz Chardonnays he famously nicknamed Dolly Partons’
LEN EVANS was a legendary wine taster of Welsh ancestry who became a major force behind the massive growth of the Australian wine industry.
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Wine: Fill up your diary with these tasting events in 2012
WHISKY
Burns is not just for boys. The annual Girls’ Burns Night takes place on 25 January at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Queen Street, Edinburgh (£75 members; £85 non-members, 0131-220 2044).
Wine: ‘With turkey, modern Germanic wine works well’
With Christmas only two weeks away (does that cause you as much panic as it does me?), it is time to plan the bottles to adorn this year’s lunch table.
Wine: Raise a glass to the best old and new world whites for Christmas
OLD WORLD
Ribeira Sacra, NW Spain: ALBARINO ABADIA DA COVA 2010
(£14, www.tasteofgalicia.co.uk)
A fabulous, fragrant albarino from Adegas Moure; elegant, crisp and dry with dense fruit, and a touch of godello grape to add creaminess to the blend. Best White New Wave Spanish trophy winner this year.
Wine: ‘It’s time to desert the drinks cabinet for the bookcase’
WITH dark evenings here and Christmas approaching fast, it is time to desert the drinks cabinet for the bookcase and sample the latest vintage of drink-related books.
1 CommentWine: The best Beaujolais delivers fruit and flavour at a cracking price
Rose Murray Brown
2 CommentsWine: ‘California does brilliant things with grapes’
ALTHOUGH the UK sees plenty of branded Californian wine, like Blossom Hill and Gallo, the level above what locals there call ‘jug wines’ is not well represented.
Wine: Matching food and wine
THE synergy that matching food and wine creates can make a meal-time experience far exceed the sum of its individual components so it was good to see the process given extra impetus when the What Food What Wine contest was launched this summer in conjunction with the International Wine and Spirits Competition.
Rose Murray Brown on wine: Brazil has the potential to become a major exporter
When we think of Brazilian drinks, coffee and cachaça first spring to mind. Brazilian wine is not well-known, despite the fact the country is South America's third largest wine producer after Chile and Argentina.
Ayrshire golf resort adopts iPad for wine list
AT £1,000, it is probably the world's most expensive menu. The Ayrshire golf resort of Turnberry has become the first establishment in Scotland to substitute its paper wine list for an iPad.
Wine: A debut English sparkling wine shows great promise – but what should it be called?
LAST autumn I was lunching in one of Bordeaux's most beautiful chateaux, when my host suddenly announced he would soon be launching his own English fizz.
Wine: Going for a gong – prize vintages for under a tenner
This week I tasted my way through the award winners from the world's biggest global wine competition, the Decanter Wine Awards. I was delighted to see one of my favourite champagnes, Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millenaires 1995, scoop the top Library Vintage Champagne trophy, but this prestigious competition is not all about pricey fizz.
Wine with Brian Elliot: 'Good value is available and sommeliers can help you find it.
Restaurateurs of a sensitive disposition are advised to look away now because I am about to suggest that expensive wines usually work out best at home. Unless you know an eating place well, controlling temperature and breathing time are much easier under your own roof. To be fair, however, finding good value on restaurant lists is becoming easier, especially now that you can often view them online before you leave home.
Wine: Tesco is expanding its own label range
The news that more people preferred the cheaper wines rather than more expensive ones at the recent Edinburgh Science Festival tasting comes as no surprise.
Food & Drink: Tuck into your chocolate treats with a decadent glass or two
Easter is the time when we savour all things sweet. Chocolate is a very tricky match for wine and only intensely sweet stickies work. Here is my pick of the best bottles on the market.
Wine dinner will be an iconic event
Learn more about the renowned wine making regions of Australia at a dining event at the Restaurant at the Rutland on May 5.
Wine: 'Just like the original Wild West, this region is full of surprises'
ALTHOUGH America's Pacific north-west has long been tipped as a rising star of the wine world, its progress has been more evolutionary that revolutionary.
Wine: Tips for choosing the right red for lamb
Lamb is the popular choice for Easter weekend. Spring lamb has a strong fatty flavour and juicy succulent texture requiring soft supple reds to complement its smoothness, rather than overpower it.
Wine: 'As a lightish meat, loin of pork can work well with white wine'
IT WAS that excellent sommelier Evan Goldstein who said each component of any wine and food pairing "must listen while the other speaks". The succeeding paragraphs apply that type of epicurean conversation to some Tom Kitchin dishes Spectrum has featured this year. The start point has to be balancing the "weight" of the partners - rich and substantial food with full-bodied wine and so forth. That comes before even flavour, texture, sweetness and acidity.
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