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http://timswineblog.blogspot.com/
UK-based wine blog that focuses mainly on wines available in supermarkets and other popular merchants.
I bought this wine because it was named the 'best value' wine in a recent California Cabernet Sauvignon tasting in Decanter magazine. It was £20 in Oddbins. I didn't really like it, but I'm not sure it's Francis' fault. We had it after a bottle of (read full article)
I can't honestly remember the last time I bought a single-varietal Merlot. I don't even have a tag for it. I guess I avoid it because it tends to produce soft, easy drinking reds, which isn't really my preference. Bordeaux is a different story how (read full article)
This is the second bottle a friend of mine brought back to the UK from a recent trip he took to the USA. It's a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from the Stag's Leap district in the Napa Valley, which was apparently the first appellation ever designat (read full article)
I'd been wanting to try this wine for awhile. I'm a big fan of Bonterra's Chardonnay, and their rosé isn't bad either.True to form, this wine is good. I didn't think Zinfandel was one of my favourite varieties, but when a wine is well made from go (read full article)
I think this is actually my first California Pinot Noir. It's on on introductory offer at Waitrose (until Dec. 1st), and seemed like an interesting wine to try.It doesn't taste anything like I expected. I was expecting a New World style Pinot, like (read full article)
Like Tim in his recent review of a Chardonnay, I enjoy this grape when it is aged in oak. Also like that wine, this version from the Saintsbury winery in California is aged and fermented in oak, completes malolactic and is aged on the lees. This win (read full article)
A friend of mine who was visiting from Canada brought me this wine. He used to live in California, and this was one of his personal favourites. I'm grateful to him for bringing this, as it was from his own personal stash.I don't often drink Zinfand (read full article)
On a recent research trip to offshore California I took the opportunity to sample the wines of the mainland. A wine producer that seemed to consistently deliver top quality wines at a decent price was Ravenswood. They are based in Sonoma County but (read full article)
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