The producer is one I keep hearing and reading very good things about. And I saw from her Vivino reviews that TY once had and liked the Terres Falmet Mourvedre when she had it. (Without me, I may add.) So, when I was placing an order from CWM, it was past time to finally try […]
Category: red wine
Vaskapu Kadarka, 2021, Hungary
Kadarka. To my everlasting shame, this grape didn’t ring a bell. And by ‘everlasting shame’ I mean thinking: ‘Huh. Can’t say I know it.’ Since they say you learn something new every day, I then when back to bed. I had learned something new, and fulfilled my quota. My work was done. Sometime later, I […]
Domaine des Lampyres, Une Autre Histoire, 2022, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Once again, no exciting back story. I was browsing in the Cambridge Wine Merchants Bridge Street branch, and came across this. There’s not really a lot more that needs to be said. As the one or two readers of the blog will know, I’ve liked pretty much everything I’ve had from Lampyres, and plan to […]
Kamptal Kollektiv Red 2021, Kamptal Austria
Another product of my browsing the Buon Vino website. It’s red wine, from Austria, and so it got added to the cart. That’s all there is to the reason I’m trying it. No great mysteries, backstories, long lost loves, blustery nights, or any such stuff. Just me going ‘ooh…. That sounds interesting.’ The Kamptal Kollektiv […]
Mas Lumen, 2008, Languedoc, France
Yes, you read that vintage correctly. Today we are tasting a 16 year old wine. (Well, I am. Alone. None of my guest tasters are around. Sigh. Mope.) To be honest, I hadn’t even noticed the vintage until it came time to do the review. I had popped into Cambridge Wine Merchants not too long […]