This was the wine I had planned to review first, mainly for the all-vital reason that I had a bottle sitting around, and I find Domaine des Escaravailles usually does nice stuff. My Long Covid fever seems to have taken to returning at odd points, so perhaps my senses were a bit duller than usual […]
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Domäne Wachau ‘Gneis + Löss’ Grüner Veltliner 2020.
This is not the wine I had planned to review first. So how did it end up being the one? For reasons I can’t remember, I was browsing The Wine Society’s website. And I saw this wine. So I immediately ordered a case of six. Why? Because, in my experience, it’s a simple, but charming […]
A manifesto of sorts
This one won’t be worthy of being nailed to the cathedral door. Nor do I have 95 points to make. At best, I have a few, and you might want to print them out, and Blue-Tack them to the inside of the cupboard door, next to the scheduling for the recycling bins.
The Greater Senses
Let’s start with the name. Or, rather, let me start not with the name, but a confession that will lead to the name. I don’t have a great sense of smell. I haven’t since at least University, and perhaps longer. It seems to have gotten worse since I had Covid-19. It’s not completely gone, but […]