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Category Archives: Alsace
Wines of Alsace
In the 18 months or so that I have been blind tasting, I have occasionally seen a (generally more-experienced) taster stick their nose into a glass and exclaim, “Smells Alsatian“. They then have a taste, swirl the wine around their … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Blind Tasting, Oxford Wine Events
Tagged Alsace, Alsace wine, auxerrois, Blind tasting, Cave de Turckheim, chasselas, Gewürztraminer, Hugel, Leon Beyer, minerality, minerality in wine, Muscat, Pinot blanc, Pinot Gris, riesling, summer wines, sylvaner, The Wine Society, Trimbach, White wine, Wine analysis, Wine education, Wine tasting, Wine tasting descriptors
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Primum Familiae Vini – Part 2
“When you buy wine, don’t buy one bottle, buy six or twelve.” – Sound advice from Christophe Brunet, especially when it comes to these wines; if only your budget can stretch that far… Following a tour through Champagne, Burgundy, Tuscany … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Bordeaux, Germany, Oxford Wine Events, Port, Spain, Suggested Wines
Tagged Aging of wine, Alsace, Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, Catalonia, Château Mouton-Rothschild, Dessert wine, Egon Müller, First growth, Gewürztraminer, Hugel et Fils, late harvest, Merlot, Oak, Oxford, Pauillac, Primum Familiae Vini, Red wine, Ribera del Duero, riesling, Saar, Spanish wine, spätlese, Symington Family Estates, tempranillo, Torres, Vega Sicilia, vintage port, White wine
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Acidity, Alcohol & Sugar – the Wines
To illustrate the structural elements of acidity, alcohol and residual sugar in wine, we tasted eight different wines in four pairs. A Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine is an archetypal bone dry, light-bodied French white. Made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape, this … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Argentina, Blind Tasting, Germany, Italy, Loire, New Zealand, Oxford Wine Events
Tagged Blind tasting, chardonnay, Chianti, Gamay, Gewürztraminer, Italian wine, Melon de Bourgogne, New World wines, New Zealand wine, Oxford, Primitivo, riesling, Sweetness of wine, Wine, Wine tasting descriptors, Zinfandel
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