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Frank Ward

Frank Ward is an English-born wine taster and consultant established in the UK. He has written numerous articles on wine and food in Sweden, USA (Connoisseur New York) and the UK (The European), and is author of two books on the restaurant scene in Sweden.
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Incremental Wines

Posted by Frank Ward on August 31, 2016

August 2016. Fine Bernardino of Siena (1380-1444) was a noted orator and saint. At least one of his sayings has survived the passage of time and carries great resonance to this day. «Everyone wishes to reach old age, but nobody wishes to be old.” Who indeed wishes to be old? But for the oenophile, at least, getting older does bring one huge advantage. His or her collection of wines will, if well-chosen, steadily improve year by year. This fact was underlined when two friends, Keith and Philip, recently celebrated a joint 70th birthday with a fine dinner accompanied by some distinguished wines from their two collections. [….]

This entry was posted on August 31, 2016 at 3:25 pm and is filed under Oenophilia. Tagged: 1946 Rivesaultes, 1985 Hermitage Blanc Sterimberg, 1986 Château Margaux, 1988 Ruinart, 1996 Mouton, 1998 grange Hermitage, 2002 Bâtard-Montrachet, 2003 Clos des Papes, Bernardino of Siena. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

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