https://winesleuth.wordpress.com A Californian in London - wine, food & travel Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:10:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 4079135 https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/6cda838a356891666f51a3fdafca4f4fbd131cec40440fd40e3ce2fa59d4c1cd?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png https://winesleuth.wordpress.com https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/krug-celebration-the-first-night-vintage-magnums/ https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/krug-celebration-the-first-night-vintage-magnums/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:10:41 +0000 http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/?p=15270 https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/krug-celebration-the-first-night-vintage-magnums/feed/ 1 15270 winesleuth dinner table setting in the cellar tasting in the cellar 1971 magnum older vintages in the cellar 1961 and 1969 in magnum Krug's iconic notebooks Reproduction of the original dining room centrepiece under glass aperitif Olivier Krug Richesse Chef de Cave, Eric Lebel advising Olivier on how to open that jeroboam you can do it... success the start of the sound and light show https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/saturday-snapshot-sneak-peak-at-billecart-salmon-brut-blanc-de-blancs-2004/ https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/saturday-snapshot-sneak-peak-at-billecart-salmon-brut-blanc-de-blancs-2004/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:43:00 +0000 http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/?p=15259 https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/saturday-snapshot-sneak-peak-at-billecart-salmon-brut-blanc-de-blancs-2004/feed/ 1 15259 winesleuth gardens of Billecart-Salmon Blanc de Blanc 2004 https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/wirra-wirra-s-trebuchet-lost-watches-and-church-blocks/ https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/wirra-wirra-s-trebuchet-lost-watches-and-church-blocks/#respond Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:49:04 +0000 http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/?p=15215 https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/wirra-wirra-s-trebuchet-lost-watches-and-church-blocks/feed/ 0 15215 winesleuth a trebuchet jamon and the lost watch 12th Man chardonnay Church Block The Catapult https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/oldenburg-vineyards-rhodium-2010/ https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/oldenburg-vineyards-rhodium-2010/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:15:03 +0000 http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/?p=15156 https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/oldenburg-vineyards-rhodium-2010/feed/ 0 15156 winesleuth Rhodium 2010 owner, Adrian Vanderspuy Oldenburg wines Bacchus looks down on us, the ceiling of one of High Timber's private dining rooms https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/rockford-winery-traditionally-at-harvest-in-the-barossa-valley/ https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/rockford-winery-traditionally-at-harvest-in-the-barossa-valley/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:48:04 +0000 http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/?p=15173 https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/rockford-winery-traditionally-at-harvest-in-the-barossa-valley/feed/ 0 15173 winesleuth Rockford Winery truck winery tasting room open tank into the destemmer pitchforking 100 yr old destemmer spray over crushed shiraz punch down is... ...hard ...work fermenting on the skins shiraz alicante bouchet white Frontignac winery noticeboard https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/alain-geoffroys-corkscrew-museum-in-chablis/ https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/alain-geoffroys-corkscrew-museum-in-chablis/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:30:23 +0000 http://winesleuth.wordpress.com/?p=15118 https://winesleuth.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/alain-geoffroys-corkscrew-museum-in-chablis/feed/ 0 15118 winesleuth Alain Geoffroy label tasting room letter box Alain Geoffroy cave & museum cabinet for those who like a little bit of pain with their pleasure they were rather naughty back in the day more agony and ecstacy ingenious saber corkscrew best not to see the sideview baby pressing grapes woman guarding the wine? 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