By Robert Giorgione on May 4, 2012
Very soon we will hopefully hear the sound of leather on willow on our quaint village green, the clinking of glasses, thumping of racquets and grunting of the great and the good, whilst watching another tennis match at Wimbledon. Will it be sunny or raining again? Please understand dear readers that I am trying very [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged Bacchus, Balfour Sparkling Rose, Borough Market, Camel Valley, Chapel Down, Darnibole, Diamond Jubilee, English Sparkling Wine, English Vineyard, English Wine, food blogs, Hush Heath Estate, Julia Stafford, Kerner, Laithwaites, Pinot Noir, Richard Balfour-Lyn, Ridgeview Wine Estate, riesling, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sam Lindo, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, The Wine Pantry, Videos, Waitrose, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on April 27, 2012
I was mooching around Borough Market the other day and seeing as I had a little bit of time to kill before my Roving Sommelier Pop Up Wine tasting at Laithwaites/Vinopolis on Stoney Street, I thought I would stop off at English Wine specialists “The Wine Pantry” and sample a few of their wares. Julia [...]
Posted in Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged Astley Vineyard, Borough Market, English Wine, Julia Stafford, Kerner, Laithwaites, Leventhorpe Vineyard, Madeleine Angevine, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Seyval Blanc, Tasting Notes, The Wine Pantry, Vinopolis, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
By Robert Giorgione on July 1, 2007
“North and south, town and countryside, Germany and Italy, all these sharp contrasts mingle harmoniously. Here even the most hostile elements seem friendly and familiar.” Superb wines are grown and made in this most underrated region in North-eastern Italy. Mostly at high altitudes, especially the aromatic ‘Alsatian’ varietals with their intense fragrant aromas and flavours, [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories, Wine Reviews | Tagged Alto-Adige, An Epicurean Odyssey, Book, Chardonnay, Food and wine matching, Gewurztraminer, Italian Wine, Italian Wine Regions, Italy, Kerner, Lagrein, Moscato, Muller-Thurgau, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Noir, riesling, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sauvignon Blanc, Sommelier Stories, Sud-Tirol, Tasting Notes, Terlaner, wine blogs, Wine Reviews |
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