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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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Pamona No 11 2007 Pinot Noir Rosé

25 July 2011
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This is so different to the last Pinot Noir Rosé I tried that it’s almost hard to believe it’s the same beast. But I suppose a few hundred miles and a slightly different cultivation/growing/winemaking technique can make all the difference. And the terroir, perhaps, too: this bottle doesn’t give much away to Google, (other than [...]

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2008 Domaine Henry Pellé Sancerre Rosé

17 June 2011
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I’ve been coveting this for a while. It’s rare enough that I splash out on a Sancerre (and I do like a Sancerre), but this is an even rarer thing; to me Sancerre spells Sauvignon Blanc – or at least it has ever since I found out what was in it, about a year ago. [...]

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Jacobs Creek Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir

24 January 2009
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Picked this up in Morrisons for around £8.50 last night and enjoyed it with a lovely spaghetti carbonara. I justified the fizz as a celebration of the end of the week but without a real occasion champagne was a stretch too far. To be honest though I think I enjoyed this as much as I [...]

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