Author Archives: Karl Laczko

Bordeaux, a History

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Karl Laczko

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 – The Wines

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Karl Laczko

The previous 2 posts have reviewed the Festival as an event and the masterclass talks, but I’ve left this last post to discuss the wines themselves, although some have already been hinted at previously. I’ll work through the wines I … Continue reading →

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Northumbria Food & Wine 2012 – Masterful Talks

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Karl Laczko

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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Northumbria Food & Wine 2012 – The Festival

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Karl Laczko

The 2nd Northumbria Food and Wine Festival raised its Marquees at the Corbridge Rugby Club last month, fortuitously on the only truly dry weekend of summer up until that point (a welcome change from last year when the late planning … Continue reading →

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Château d’Yquem

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Karl Laczko

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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Newcastle Wine Fair 2012

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Karl Laczko

Courtesy of the EAT! NG Festival and Newcastle Wine School Sunday 29th July 2012 saw the Newcastle Wine Fair roll into town again, although this year the location had moved from the Civic Centre to the Georgian architecture of the … Continue reading →

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Tim Atkin and Lebanese Wines

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Karl Laczko

Last Sunday the 2012 EAT! Festival Wine Fair opened its doors in a new venue, the grand surroundings of the Assembly Rooms, Newcastle. As usual the region’s local wine retailers turned out in force to show off their bottles – … Continue reading →

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Airén in decline

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Karl Laczko

What is the most common grape variety in the world? Depending on how that question is interpreted one of the answers that should come your way is Airén, Spain’s most planted, but still obscure, grape. More accurately it is the … Continue reading →

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Bergerac and Bordeaux, 2012 summer holiday

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Karl Laczko

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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Wine & Pies?

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Karl Laczko

Wine and Pies may not seem to be the most obvious of bedfellows, the latter more associated with a beer or mug of tea, but as the pies in question are self-styled gourmet pies then why not trade up on … Continue reading →

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