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Sherry performs really well in the tropics. This extraordinary wine is an old vine, single vineyard (Pago Miraflores la Baja in Sanlúcar), single vintage (2010) palo cortado. Apart from its depth & polish, what's remarkable is its Manzanilla-like salinity & minerality 💯

Great read for wine lovers.

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At the Andromeda gardens in Barbados. Annatto has been used for centuries for food colouring and flavouring, hair colouring, and body painting. Imagine facing a tribe with bright red hair! Compared to turmeric, which is earthy, annatto has a milder peppery/nutty flavour.

Might write well here. Not much wine though.

I thought his designs were impractical and impossible to clean, but I liked that he pushed the limits. RIP Frank Gehry. Pictured: the Marques de Riscal winery.

The most old school of Riojas, recognisable by its higher acidity, lower alcohol (13% in a hot year), and silkiness—and explosiveness. I didn't even need to taste it, it jumped straight out of the bottle. It may not have peaked, but I'm loving it now at 16 years old.

In Austria, Bernhard Ott has long been nicknamed Herr Grüner Veltliner & I had to double check that this entry level was not some prestigious single vineyard. Jancis wrote in August, "I could hardly believe that this much flavour was packed into a wine retailing at under £20."

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Stunning Pinot Noir from Pfalz, from a blend of premier & grand cru grapes on calcareous soils (Kalkmergel = calcareous marl). Intensely aromatic w/ notes of roses & raspberries, cherries & chalk, and a long, mineral, spicy, savoury finish now @ 6 years old. Stunning value too.

Monkfish tail in a Kerala coconut and lemongrass curry... All food (and wine) should aspire to be medicine

Pairings made in heaven: Soave and English chalkstream trout, which is frankly fabulous. The Soave is made by Pieropan, mostly from Garganega from a vineyard above Calvarino ('Little calvary', after its steepness). The Soave really grows on you.

My Hydrangea Annabelle, a flower that you can have for eight-nine months out of twelve. For Kant, beauty makes the world seem like our home, in that its experience suggests a harmony between nature and our cognitive and moral faculties.

21-year-old Fendant with my pesto, from the domaine that you need a cablecar to get to. Jacques has since passed, working his steep slopes. Wine still enjoyable, if past its peak (lots of bottle variation), w/ notes of sage & toffee & not quite enough acidity. #swisswine

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Crab spaghettoni. Not linguini, not spaghetti, but spaghettoni. Because that's where it's at.

Yesterday I tasted a low-alcohol (11%) Douro red with my college wine buying committee. I won't embarass the producer, but it seemed to have been stripped of a lot more than alcohol and no one liked it. Question: How did they make it?

Terre di Lavoro, the flagship wine of Fattoria Galardi, is something of a cult wine. Blend of Aglianico & Piedirosso from the Roccamonfina volcano in Campania. At peak now at 17 yo & perfectly fresh & balanced. If you wanted to show Aglianico, this would be an excellent choice!

Also loved the 2010 Kabinett, which was all marzipan and truffles.

Egon Müller ('the King of Riesling') masterclass with 7th generation Isabelle. The Auslese Goldkapsel 1999 is v aromatic, with an uncannily accurate note of saffron. #Mosel