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• Some French Wines Contain Pesticides

  Posted on Monday April 7th, 2008 at 08:07 in Wine

  An environmental study has found that some bottles of wine from France are contaminated with pesticides. The survey analysed 40 bottles of wine and found that 34 bottles contained pesticides, some of ...

• Vashon Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

  Posted on Sunday September 16th, 2007 at 14:26 in Wine

  I just opened a bottle of Vashon Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2006. This is a really fruity full bodies red wine. It has a slightly oak like taste. I thought this was a really nice wine and good for the ...

• Parsons Brook Merlot 2004

  Posted on Wednesday September 12th, 2007 at 10:40 in Wine

  This is the wine that I purchased on the Virgin Wine auction a few weeks ago. The blurb on the bottle talks about blackberries and chocolate and it certainly is a really nice fruity wine. It is a real...

• Gran Villa Reserva 2000

  Posted on Monday September 10th, 2007 at 15:21 in Wine

  This is a pleasant enough Spanish wine with a slight taste of oak. Its not the most exciting wine, I have tried recently, and could almost be called bland. At £8.99 a bottle I think it’s a little o...

• Trois Calices Vin de Pays se Mont Baudile

  Posted on Saturday September 8th, 2007 at 06:13 in Wine

  I just opened a bottle of Trois Calices Vin de Pays de Mont Baudile, 2006. This is a really full and fruity red wine with hints of herbs. It is sweeter than I expected it to be, but still not overly s...

• Araldica d’Aria Pinot Grigio 2006

  Posted on Sunday September 2nd, 2007 at 05:58 in Wine

  I just opened a bottle of Araldica d’Aria Pinot Grigio, 2006. This is a really nice fruity white. It has a lovely crisp flavour and is great for drinking on a hot summer’s day. I gave this wine a ...

• Fenwick Estate Barossa Valley 2006

  Posted on Friday August 31st, 2007 at 09:47 in Wine

  I just opened a bottle of Fenwick Estate Barossa Valley Semillon Sauvignon Blanc, 2006. Personally I liked this wine, but a word of warning; it’s probably not to everyone’s taste. The wine is very...

• Opening Wine

  Posted on Monday August 27th, 2007 at 10:29 in Wine

  I was looking at Crooked Brains the other day and came across this video about how to open a bottle of wine without using a corkscrew. It involves a nail, a screwdriver and a hammer. It looks rather d...

• Las Casas de Vaqueria Merlot 2006

  Posted on Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 at 13:43 in Wine

  I just opened a bottle of Las Casas de Vaqueria Merlot 2006. The wine is from Chile and is 13.5% volume, so stronger than it first appears. The wine whilst not having a great deal of aroma to it is su...

• Spier Shiraz

  Posted on Monday August 20th, 2007 at 08:44 in Wine

  I just opened a bottle of Spier Shiraz 2005. The wine is from the Cape of Good Hope. It has a fruity smell and a full bodied colour. It doesn’t taste as fruity as it smells but has a plum like flav...