January 2013. Nobody on earth – not the most brilliant scientist, not the richest billionaire – can instantly turn a young immature wine into a fully mature one. Only time can bring about this transformation. Sometimes the process can take an age (a good 60 years in the case of the obdurate, but ultimately great, 1926s!). The following bottles were purchased by me many years ago, within two or three years of the vintage in question, and then simply left to mature in my own 18th-century cellars or in Britain’s finest bonded warehouse, Octavian. All have been tasted within the last few months, to see if that long wait was justified… fresh tasting notes on fabled wines, 3 great vintages of musigny vieilles vignes
Archive for January, 2013
Recent tastings
Posted by Frank Ward on January 31, 2013
Posted in Tasting notes | Tagged: 1978 Château Margaux, 1978 Hermitage La Chapelle, 1990 Château Rayas, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Musigny Vieilles Vignes | Leave a Comment »
English cuisine today – Farewell to the “goo anglais”
Posted by Frank Ward on January 2, 2013
Posted in Gastronomy | Tagged: Alain Ducasse, Arthur Young, Brillat-Savarin, Elisabeth David, Food in England, French school, Gordon Ramsey, Hélène Darroze, Joel Robuchon, l'Assommoir, Len Deighton, Mrs Beeton, Philip Harben, Robert Carrier, Sorothy Hartley, the Square, Tolstoy, Winston Churchill, Zola | 1 Comment »
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