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Hauts Doubs plateau at the gates of Switzerland 2 Sep 2012 | 04:39 pm
Last tuesday I drove up from the rocky outcrops of the Jura (home of vins de terroir with a vengeance) onto the bucolic plateau of the Hauts Doubs, 800 metres above sea level. A little less dramatic ...
The discovery of the Baltic Sea bottles of champagne 6 Jun 2012 | 11:40 pm
Hôtel du Marc, Reims 25 May 2012 The impetus for this occasion realised by Veuve Clicquot was the raising in 2010 of venerable bottles of champagne from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, off the coast of...
Les Avisés, a new restaurant avec chambres on the heights of Avize 3 Aug 2011 | 09:20 pm
At last, this central grand cru village of Champagne’s Côte des Blancs has the delightful and original restaurant it deserves, complete with ten sumptuous bedrooms. It’s quite fitting that the driver ...
A small slice of humble pie? Clos du Mesnil (CdM) re-tasted 21 Jul 2011 | 08:39 pm
Writing freelance about wine hardly supplies a rich revenue stream, to use the money men’s jargon. But there are times when visiting one of the grandest names in wine makes up for all the lean moments...
Sous les arbres 13 Jun 2011 | 03:49 am
A day of wine & roses in hidden Bordeaux Entre Deux Mers, 22 May Most lovers of fine claret associate the winelands of Bordeaux with the grand châteaux of the Médoc that lie on gravelly terrain, oft...
Philippe Brun - Wild Boy embraces his Inheritance 5 May 2011 | 11:11 pm
I first met Philippe in January 2008: I felt at once that he was a big man in every sense, quite different from the marketing executives of the big houses, and striking for his frankness and clarity ...
November in Burgundy - Belleville to Beaune 29 Nov 2010 | 11:48 pm
As a freelance writer, one has to count the pennies and cents. But having had the good luck to win a prize (mit cheque) for my recent book on Champagne, I decided to have a rest from bubbles and take ...
ENGLISH SPARKLING WINE COMES OF AGE 19 Nov 2010 | 04:45 am
ENGLISH SPARKLING WINE COMES OF AGE In the time of the Angevin and Plantagenet kings of medieval England (12th to 15th centuries) vineyards flourished as far north as Yorkshire under the keen steward...
Himmel und Erde - Heavenly nectar from Ampleforth's hills 13 Oct 2010 | 03:30 am
The Benedictine monks of Ampleforth Abbey have been growing apples in North Yorkshire's Howardian Hills for more than two hundred years - but their cider production is a quite recent innovation. The...
