You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Top Read Blog Posts – May 2011 Tignanello 2006 Italian Wines 2011 Verdicchio di Matelica Berry Bros & Rudd Italian Wine… and Competition If you subscribe to my incessant twitter feed then you will know that Berry Bros and…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Fontanafredda Barbera Briccotondo 2007 Fontanafredda Barbera Briccotondo 2007 is a real surprise. The gorgeous house of Fontanafredda has spent the last 10 years rapidly improving their entire range, their once iffy reputation now soundly banished. However, Barbera Briccotondo 2007…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Sergio Mottura Grechetto Latour a Civitella Sergio Mottura Grechetto Latour a Civitella is one of Italy’s best Grechetto wines but a little on the QT *taps nose* internationally. Within Italy the wine is well known, mostly because Mottura is…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Talenti Brunello di Montalcino 2001 Talenti Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Vigne del Paretaio 2001 is the most critically acclaimed wine ever produced by Riccardo Talenti’s estate in the southern region of Montalcino close by the village of S.Angelo in…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Chateauneuf du Paped You know when you’ve been Chateauneuf du Paped! This weekend I spent a fabulous time in the capital of the Southern Rhone, Avignon. A beautiful town, once home to the pope and just bursting with French…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Prunotto Barolo Bussia Prunotto Barolo Bussia is a wine that has managed to evade me over the last 3 years. Prunotto is a highly respected company, the Barolo Bussia is a Tre Bicchiere super star of Italian wine and…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Poggio Argentiera Fonte 40 Poggio Argentiera Fonte 40 was the stand-out wine from the final two wines I was asked to try by Poggio Argentiera. So today I am obviously very sad that my Poggio experiment is over but…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Poggio Argentiera Morellino di Scansano Poggio Argentiera are fast becoming the kings of Morellino di Scansano. Poggio Argentiera are pretty new in Tuscany, the project began in 1997 with just 6 Ha of vines in Morellino di Scansano, fast…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Frankfurt Wine Frankfurt Wine – or the wines I found within Frankfurt are both well stocked internationally and well supplied locally. Frankfurt wines consist of popular, and mostly Tuscan, Bordeaux and Burgundian reds and the white wine on offer…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Mosel Riesling Mosel Riesling, or what 18 months ago was Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Riesling is the area of Germany where the Riesling grape finds its best expression. Aside from Alsace, the other great Riesling producing region of France, (that once was…

Abbona Dogliani Papa Celso Dolcetto Enrico e Marziano Abbona Dogliani Papa Celso is one of the best Dolcetto wines on the market today. Abbona Dogliani Papa Celso Dolcetto, produced in my favourite region of Italy, the Piedmont, is a QPR king in a region where QPR is becoming increasing hard to find. The Piedmont, home…

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Ruffino Chianti Classico Riserva Ducale Oro Ruffino Chianti Classico Riserva Ducale Oro is the top Chianti Classico bottling from Ruffino. The Riserva Ducale Oro edition has a gargantuan production of some 600,000 bottles and I’m reviewing this today, along…