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If You Like Chardonnay You Should Try…

29 November 2011
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For many white wine drinkers, Chardonnay is the ultimate rich white wine. From a steely Chablis to a powerfully oaked Aussie example, Chardonnay is one of the world’s favourite white wines. Winemakers love it too as the grape is easy to work with and produces a white wine easy to mould to their own personal style. [...]

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Marks & Spencer Chardonnay Tupungato 2008

22 September 2011
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What in the blue hell is a greengage? Well, apparently it’s some sort of albino plum, and that’s what this Chardonnay tastes like according to both its label and a suspiciously regurgitated looking review in the Daily Mirror from some months back. I wouldn’t know about that, but as far as having all of the [...]

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Wolf Blass Pinot Noir Chardonnay Sparkling Brut 2008

9 September 2011
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Putting the ‘sham’ in Champagne, Wolf Blass is one of many, many winemakers worldwide defying the French AOC’s entitlement to the holy grail of sparkling wine grape combinations and giving it a go themselves. And why not? With a birth in the family in recent weeks we’ve been popping more corks than we normally have [...]

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Maestro Italiano Chardonnay Pinot Grigio 2008

27 July 2011
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Why do I do these things to myself? I could quite happily go through life without ever buying any Italian wine – let alone any Pinot Grigio – and just enjoying my NZ Sauvignon Blanc, Californian Chardonnay and German Riesling in peace. But there’s the constant nagging suspicion that I’m missing out: that I’m just [...]

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Valençay Le Clos du Château 2009 Claude Lafond

9 May 2011
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Outside of Sancerre I have little-to-no experience of the Loire valley – or rather, its wines. But that’s where Valençay is, and the presence of bizarre sentences like “A castle of financial” and “He connects it by a body of gallery” on its Wikipedia page suggest it’s not yet been overrun by British tourists, at [...]

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Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Chardonnay 2006

7 December 2010
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Robert Mondavi is an American winemaking legend known throughout the world. Raised in a traditional Italian family, he appreciated that sharing good wine with good food is one of life’s simplest yet best pleasures. He was the first to recognise the potential of the Napa Valley in California for growing vines and established the first [...]

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Alamos Chardonnay and Crispy Calamari

3 December 2010
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Calamari has to be one of my favourite foods in the world. Make that FRIED calamari. Now, there’s nothing wrong with grilled calamari. I’ve even had it in a salad but really, what is better then the crunch of a perfectly fried calamari, your teeth sinking into the tender white flesh of the squid, chewy [...]

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Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay 2006

12 November 2010
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Californian Chardonnay is to be steered clear of in my experience, if you don’t like oak or butter and prefer your white wines to be on the crisp and citrusy side. If, however, you are like me and prefer a good Chardonnay to any other white wine varietal and like it to be robust enough [...]

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In Praise of Chardonnay, or Don’t Forget Your Old Friends

9 November 2010
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Guest post and images by Jim Gore, originally published on his blog: The Burgundy Wine Man. After decades of popularity, Chardonnay has now become the wine underdog: the grape that the U.K. has apparently fallen out of love with. The media-spin on fashionable grapes such as Viognier, Albarinio, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris/Grigio would leave many [...]

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2008 Bon Courage Chardonnay

8 October 2010
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No complaints whatsoever about this. I’ve not previously associated South Africa with good Chardonnay, but then Chardonnay can be grown more or less anywhere and South Africa can grow a decent crop of pretty much any grape, right? Well, whatever – this was a lovely bottle, boasting a truly appetising, golden summery glow and warming, [...]

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Burra Brook 2009 Chardonnay

28 September 2010
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CHARDONNAY BURRA BROOK 2009 AUSTRALIA SCREW CAP 13.5% MIXED CASE £45 Chris Murphy’s favourites Marks & Spencer Chris Murphy has been sourcing wine for M&S for well over 20 years. In the mixed case there was a selection of Chris’s all-time favourite wines from around the world. On opening the bottle there was no immediate [...]

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