Barolo 2005 – Design Wine Competition

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Barolo 2005 – Design Wine Competition – ENTER COMPETITION HERE – 4 Chances to Win! Who fancies some Barolo? If you’re like me the answer is “yes please” and “always”. Italian wine fans generally agree that Nebbiolo is the…

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Negro Sudisfa Roero Riserva 2006 DOCG

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Negro Sudisfa Roero Riserva 2006FACTFILE – Negro Sudisfa Roero Riserva 2006Name: Negro Sudisfa Roero Riserva 2006Grapes: 95% Nebbiolo and a splash of ArneisAlcohol: 14.5%Region: Roero DOCGStyle: Roero can be a confusing area. Some of the wines accentuate finesse, elegance…

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Game, Set and Match – Italian Wine

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Game, Set and Match – Italian WineTodd Martin. You must remember Todd Martin? He was one of my favourite tennis players back in the early 90’s. On those occasions when I would drag my father down to that ivy-clad…

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La Monacesca Verdicchio di Matelica 2009

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk La Monacesca Verdicchio di Matelica 2009 FACTFILE – La Monacesca Verdicchio di Matelica 2009Name: La Monacesca Verdicchio di Matelica 2009Grapes: At least 85% Verdicchio grape but this DOC allows Malvasia and Trebbiano in the blend. The last vintages I…

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Antinori Tignanello 2006

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Antinori Tignanello 2006 FACTFILE – Antinori Tignanello 2006Name: Antinori Tignanello 2006 IGTGrapes: 85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon & 5% Cabernet FrancAlcohol: 13.5%Region: In the heart of Chianti Classico. Style: Marl, shale and chalk soils in the centre of the…

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Bolla Le Poiane Valpolicella Classico Ripasso 2008

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Bolla Le Poiane Valpolicella Classico Ripasso 2008 Top Read Blog Posts – May 2011Tignanello 2006Italian Wines 2011Verdicchio di Matelica FACTFILE Name: Bolla Le Poiane Valpolicella Classico Ripasso 2008 – £13/€10/$15Grapes: 70% Corvina and Corvinone, 30% Rondinella & other local…

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Berry Bros & Rudd Italian Wine… and Competition

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…

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Top Wines of the Week

This has been quite the week for expanding my wine education. Having visited both the Sampler in Kensington and Vagabond Wines in Fulham this week, I can safely say that I am now highly skilled in using Enomatic machines and a little closer to spotting a Rousanne at a thousand paces. The only drawback of…

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Chateau Haut Brion 1994

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Chateau Haut Brion 1994Ten years ago I took my first trip to the Roman Forum. As a student of Roman Archaeology at UCL and at that time, a Brit who hadn’t spent much time abroad, standing there in the…

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Arnaldo Caprai Rosso Outsider 2006

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Arnaldo Caprai Rosso Outsider 2006Hello everybody I am WineNineterchuk and this is your Daily Gr… oh wait, I got confused. So as not to upstage the terribly exciting news within the Wine Blogging community I thought I would just…

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Artisan and Vine – Take Two

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Most Read Blog Posts – May 2011 Tignanello 2006 Italian Wines 2011 Verdicchio di Matelica Artisan and Vine – Take Two It’s been about two years since I last headed up St Johns Hill in Battersea to the Artisan…

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Blasi Bertanzi Impronta 2004

You’re reading the super old version of this blog, to go to the new blog visit www.wine90.co.uk Blasi Bertanzi Impronta 2004Blasi Bertanzi Impronta 2004 was sent to Wine90 House almost a year ago and had been gathering dust all this time sat quietly in amongst more well known Italian names all the while maturing to what…

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