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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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• Alsace

  • * Circle Tasting with Trimbach
  • * Some Reflections on Alsace Wines

• Bordeaux

  • * 1986 Château Lafite: My Choice as Wine of the Year – for 1988!
  • * 2004 Clarets – Part I
  • * 2004 Clarets – Part II
  • * 2004 Clarets – Part III
  • * 2004 Clarets – Part IV
  • * 2004 Clarets – Part V
  • * 2013 Clarets – a Variable Vintage Part I
  • * 2013 Clarets, A Variable Vintage Part II : Saint Estèphe, Saint Julien, Pauillac
  • * A Fresh Look at Some Top Bordeaux Estates I – Pomerol
  • * A Fresh Look at Some Top Bordeaux Estates II – The Médoc
  • * A Fresh Look at Some Top Bordeaux Estates III – Pontet Canet & Pichon Baron
  • * A Further Tasting of 2015 Clarets I
  • * A Further Tasting of 2015 Clarets II
  • * A Look at some 2005 Clarets
  • * A Look at some 2013 Clarets, white Graves & Sauternes
  • * A look at the 2006 Clarets
  • * An Array of 2015 Clarets I – Graves, Pessac-Léognan, Saint-Emilion & Pomerol
  • * An Array of 2015 Clarets II – The Médoc
  • * An Itinerant Taster looks at some 2000 Claret
  • * Big London tasting of Clarets Part I
  • * Big London tasting of Clarets Part I
  • * Bordeaux 2003 – I : The Right Bank
  • * Bordeaux 2003 – II : the Left Bank
  • * Bordeaux 2003 – III : Graves – Pessac – Léognan
  • * Bordeaux Excels Itself in 2016 Vintage
  • * Bordeaux Excels Itself in 2016 Vintage – Part I
  • * Calon Ségur Tasting & Visit to Manoir des Quat'Saisons
  • * Château Margaux and the City of Bordeaux
  • * Counting Moutons
  • * Four Quartets – Four Vintages of Four Top Clarets
  • * Grands Crus Classés Clarets Show Wines from 2015-2018
  • * Major London tasting of 2012 Clarets Part I
  • * Major Tasting of 2012 Clarets Part II
  • * Major Tasting of Mouton Rothschild
  • * Memorable Banquet at Château Figeac
  • * Pre-phylloxera puzzle : An 1870 Overture
  • * Tasting Château Pétrus with Christian Moueix
  • * Tasting Great Moutons from the Collection of Henry Moore
  • * Tasting Le Pin for Two Pins!
  • * Tasting of Classed Growth Clarets 2014-2017
  • * Tasting of Classed Growth Clarets from 2014
  • * The 2005 Vintage on the Right Bank 1
  • * The 2005 Vintage on the Right Bank 1 – Continued
  • * The 2005 Vintage on the Right Bank Part 2 : Pomerol
  • * The 2005 Vintage on the Right Bank Part II : Pomerol
  • * Vertical Tasting of Château Angelus
  • * Vertical Tasting of Château Ausone
  • * Vertical Tasting of Château Cheval Blanc
  • * Vertical Tasting of Château Grand Puy Lacoste
  • * Vertical tasting of Château La Mission Haut-Brion
  • * Vertical Tasting of Château Lagrange
  • * Vertical tasting of Château Rauzan Ségla
  • *Tasting the 2009 clarets with the Masters of Wine

• Burgundy

  • * A taste of Burgundy – Part I
  • * A taste of Burgundy – Part II
  • * A Tasting at Flint Wines
  • * Burgundy 2006 – Some Splendid Reds & Whites
  • * Burgundy Excursion
  • * Burgundy Interlude
  • * Burgundy Part I : Three Puligny Domaines in 2013 & 2014
  • * Burgundy Part II : From Chorey to Gevrey Chambertin
  • * CHALLENGE BURGUNDY
  • * Memories of Charles Rousseau
  • * Sixty Burgundies from 2008
  • * Tasting 13 Mature Wines from Domaine de la Romanée Conti
  • * Tasting of 2015 Burgundies from Top Estates
  • * Tasting of 2015 Burgundies from Top Estates
  • * Tasting of Red & White Burgundies from Domaines Familiaux de Tradition
  • * Tasting the 2006s of Domaine de la Romanée Conti
  • * Tastings at Four Burgundy Domaines
  • * The Master of Montrachet – Pierre Ramonet
  • * The Romanée Conti Expedition – Part I
  • * The Romanée Conti Expedition – Part II
  • * Two Tastings with the Masters of Wine
  • * Vincent Leflaive : Passion & Humanity

• Cahors

  • * A Glance at Cahors

• Champagne

  • * Champagne – The most aural of wines
  • * Champagne Interlude
  • * Giant Champagne Tasting in London
  • * Vertical tasting of vintage KRUG

• Rhône

  • * Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the wine that made the Pope famous
  • * In the South
  • * Memories of Henri BONNEAU, Master of Châteauneuf

• Roussillon

  • * Peaks of Roussillon

• Other Countries

  • * A Few Aussie Wines
  • * A Taste of Vienna – Twenty Five Years after
  • * A Taster's Tour of Three Kent Vineyards
  • * A Tasting at Tasca d'Almerita – Sicilian Wine pioneer
  • * A tasting of California's most famous Red : Opus One
  • * Austria Revisited
  • * Barolo & Barbaresco – Study in Scarlet
  • * Five Days in Rioja – I
  • * Five Days in Rioja – II
  • * Great Rieslings in the Rüwer
  • * Major Tasting of 37 Top Australian Chardonnays
  • * New World Wines – Old World Terroir
  • * Piedmont, Italy – Region of mists and mellow fruitfullness (I)
  • * Piedmont, Italy – Region of mists and mellow fruitfullness (II)
  • * TASTING GERMAN PINOTS NOIRS
  • * Three days in Budapest – and some tastings of older rarities
  • * Top Composer Conducts me to Moravian Wine-maker

• Links

  • andrewjefford.com
  • Decanter
  • La Revue du Vin de France – RVF
  • The Masters of Wine

• Copyright

  © 2001-2019 Frank Ward

• Four Nights in Marseille

  

• Latest articles

  TASTING FROM SOME RECENTLY UNCORKED BOTTLES

  TASTING GERMAN PINOTS NOIRS

  Blind Tasting Chez Keith & Clare

  A Further Tasting of 2015 Clarets – Part II

   

• Wine Personalities

  • * Emile Peynaud (1912-2004) – Giant of Oenology
  • * Memories of Charles Rousseau
  • * Memories of Henri BONNEAU, Master of Châteauneuf
  • * The Master of Montrachet – Pierre Ramonet
  • * Vincent Leflaive : Passion & Humanity

• Oenology

  • * Emile Peynaud (1912-2004) – Giant of Oenology
  • * Finesse – What is it?
  • * Vinosity – What is it?

• Oenophilia

  • * A Tribute to a Leading Composer : Seven Wines for Seven Symphonies
  • * Birthday Treats
  • * Blind Tasting chez Keith & Clare
  • * Chez Philip & Cathy
  • * Chez Philip & Cathy II
  • * Dinner With Friends
  • * In Praise of Wine
  • * Incremental Wines
  • * Memories of Charles Rousseau
  • * More Writers on Wine : Tolstoy, Strindberg, Hemingway
  • * Savage Selection
  • * The Bottle of Wine – a poem by Chris Bell
  • * The Effects of Alcohol on We humans
  • * The Master of Montrachet – Pierre Ramonet
  • * The Nectar of Gods : Frank Ward on investing in wine
  • * Two Great Writers Comment on Wine
  • * Wine & Health
  • * Wines of Finesse Chez Keith & Clare

• Gastronomy

  • * A few recent tastings
  • * A Glance at Cahors
  • * A Tale of Three (Italian) Cities
  • * Calon Ségur Tasting & Visit to Manoir des Quat'Saisons
  • * English cuisine today – Farewell to the "goo anglais"
  • * Four Days in Lisbon
  • * FOUR NIGHTS IN MARSEILLE
  • * GUEST COLUMN : Mubariz Hussain on La Mère Brazier, Lyon
  • * L'EPICURE – Cuisine Close to Perfection
  • * Lunch at l'Astrance
  • * On the Scent of truffles
  • * Three days in Budapest – and some tastings of older rarities
  • * Variety is the spice of memorable meals

• PORTRAIT : Pierre Ramonet, the Master of Montrachet

  

• A Retrospective Review of Eating Out in Stockholm

  

• For two Pins! Tasting 82 & 98 Le Pin

  

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