Tag Archives: Bordeaux

Bordeaux , a whistle stop tour

As I discussed in my Bordeaux, a History piece the region I chose for my second NEWTS tasting isn’t one where I’ve had any personal knowledge of experience of. The main reason I ended up standing in front of August’s … Continue reading

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Bordeaux, a History

In August I made my second ever presentation to the North East Wine Tasting Society (after a successful look at German wines back in 2011) with a selection of wines from arguably the most famous wine region of them all, … Continue reading

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Northumbria Food & Wine 2012 – Masterful Talks

As mentioned in the general review post on the 2nd Northumbria Food and Wine Festival the bar was raised for 2012 with a Master of Wine and 2 MW students joining Marta Mateus and Max de Nardo on the bill. … Continue reading

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Château d’Yquem

What’s in a name? that which we call Sauternes, by any other name would taste as sweet. My butchering of the Bard aside, when it comes to the great sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac there is one name that … Continue reading

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Bergerac and Bordeaux, 2012 summer holiday

On Saturday 7th July 2012 we touched down at Limoges airport in France with a group of (almost) complete strangers to begin a wine themed tour of Bergerac and Bordeaux organised by local company AdVintage Wine Services, run by Suzanne Locke … Continue reading

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