Wine

TEN WINES AT DEL POSTO

Tim Atkin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:12:17 +0000

Tim Atkin heads to Manhattan's Meatpacking District to test a wine list that calls itself "complete" ... read more »

WINE, DINE, RECLINE

Rosanna de Lisle — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:49:10 +0000

Heading for wine country? Better book in for the night. Rosanna de Lisle picks hotels for oenophiles ... read more »

THE BEST WINE IN THE WORLD

Bruce Palling — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:04:15 +0000

The Domaine Romanée-Conti is the most rarefied and expensive wine in the world, with vintages that need decades to mature. At a tasting for the 2006 DRCs, Bruce Palling hears one vintage intone “Leave me alone you fool--don’t you know I am trying to sleep?” ... read more »

HAUNTED BY GRAVES

Bruce Palling — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:20:40 +0000

GETS BETTER WITH AGE | February 28th 2008

At a tasting of Graves wines, Bruce Palling considers the region's smoky, tarry, tobacco-infused flavours. This autumnal taste only becomes apparent once the wine is around 15 years old. Start buying whatever you can from 2005 ...

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WHAT TO READ ABOUT WINE

Bruce Palling — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:32:52 +0000

BRUCE PALLING | UNCORKED | February 5th 2008

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Most wine lists are content to bamboozle customers, writes Bruce Palling. A crisp glass of Chablis in hand ("the most compelling white wine of all"), he scans his book shelf and offers some tips on whom he reads and trusts ...

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WINE AND ME (2): CASE HISTORIES

Bruce Palling — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:30:40 +0000

BRUCE PALLING | UNCORKED | January 21st 2008

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In the second part of his wine-drinking memoir (see part one here), Bruce follows his palate from Saigon to London by way of Salisbury, Rhodesia, and declares the present time a golden age for claret ...

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FIVE OUT OF FIVE FOR LE CINQ

Bruce Palling — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:21:05 +0000

BRUCE PALLING | UNCORKED | December 4th 2007

Bruce goes for a three-wine, four-hour, nine-course feast at the George V, and declares it his favourite destination in Paris, but only after narrowly surviving an ambush from a rogue andouillette along the way ...

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CLAUDIA SCHIFFER, TRUDIE STYLER, AND ME

Bruce Palling — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:51:47 +0000

BRUCE PALLING | UNCORKED | November 28th 2007

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Bruce applauds Claudia Schiffer's taste in luxury, has a few reservations about Trudie Styler's, and finds the world's great chefs to be a pretty drab bunch when it comes to choosing their last suppers ...

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A BRILLIANCE OF BURGUNDIES

Bruce Palling — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:12:34 +0000

AND AN AFTERTASTE YOU COULD SPREAD ON A BISCUIT

Bruce Palling goes bananas for top Burgundy, uncorks a few metaphors, and corrects those less discerning wine-drinkers who might have been careless enough to think of Burgundy as merely a Mozart to Bordeaux's Bach ...

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