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Posted by Andrew Chapman on May 21st 10:18am.
 Having arrived at the fair much later then planned on day one, I really only had time for two 'meet-the-winemaker' interviews for our Blog (hear my chat with Charlie Melton), and get the latest gossip from the Liberty stand.
But, I did manage to taste a few wines - more to do today - and I couldn't resist blogging about this one in particular as it is both from an old favourite in terms of producers from our list, and made from a grape variety I hadn't herd of until yesterday. A. Mano Aleatico Passito 2007 is a red sweet wine made form the Aleatico grape variety. Lovely dark chocolate notes, ripe plums and hints of dark berry fruits. Really interesting bitter-sweet finish that, I think would make this wine a great partner to that most difficult of food-stuff, chocolate. Nice to taste something new, and a very good reminder of one of the reasons that Italy is so interesting as a wine producing country. Namely, it has a whole host of native grape varieties to tempt and intrigue us with. More like this please... Apologies for photo quality. I didn't want to be bothered lugging a camera to London as well as an MP3 recorder and laptop, so this is taken with my iPhone. I love my iPhone, and I was happy to see it could handle the odd photo situation too. Now I'm off on a train again for the hard slog back to London Excel and day two of the fair. It's a pretty torturous experience getting to the fair - Wantage to London is the easy bit with Paddington only a 45 minute train ride away. It's the bit from Paddington to Tower Gateway, and especially the DLR train ride to London Excel that is the real killer. At least I have 'Spooks' on the iPod part of the phone to keep me company - oh, and a few more blogs to get up too!
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| Welsh Whisky | Permalink |
Posted by Andrew Chapman on May 9th 10:16pm.
I was just surfing the web and came across this story about Welsh Whisky on the BBC news web site. It certainly looks interesting - anyone tasted it yet? We shall be investigating further and hope to report back soon.
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| Pre-Release Mollydooker Offer | Permalink |
Posted by Andrew Barrow on September 5th 2007 4:26pm.
 We are very excited by the new releases from Mollydooker. This is a quirky, wonderfully off-beat Australian producer that crafts gorgeous wines with style and aplomb. Not to mention squeezing every last drop of fruit (and alcohol) from their fruit!
The wines will arrive in October; apart from the Verdelho which is due in December - offered here at a pre-release prices:
Save 5% on all the prices listed by pre-ordering today - enter code MOLLYPRE on ordering.
Mollydookers have been mentioned several times on this 'ere blog - including the recipe for Mollydooker Woodbridge Beef. I've put my name down for one of the Verdelho's and that Sparkling Shiraz, although expensive might just be appearing on this years Christmas table.
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| 2006 Kim Crawford Small Parcels Spitfire Sauvignon Blanc | Permalink |
Posted by Andrew Barrow on August 30th 2007 4:20pm.
 Each vintage the chaps down at Kim Crawford go on the hunt for small batches of exceptional grapes which they make into their Small Parcel ‘SP’ range. This year has been no different with another discovery of a little Sauvignon Blanc that they class as top notch.
The 2006 Spitfire is a hugely aromatic and intense wine with nettle, grapefruit and tropical notes, which are underscored with the typical herbaceousness - all characteristics of good quality Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. On the palate this is a full flavoured wine with dry herbs, gooseberry and tropical fruits and a long lasting flavour.
This wine was awarded a Gold medal at the New Zealand International Wine Show 2006 and the Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2006. Which is about as high a recommendation as you could wish!
The 2006 is on its way into the cellar. The 2005, which is drinking superbly now, is running out quickly; we have just a few bottles left.
Kim Crawford Spitfire Sauvignon Blanc 2006 £10.99
Kim Crawford Spitfire Sauvignon Blanc 2005 £10.99
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| Mahou beer and the lone beer drinker... | Permalink |
Posted by Andrew Chapman on August 24th 2007 9:41am.
 The first sunshine in goodness knows how many days saw the hot line between secret hollowed out volcano that is Surf4Wine HQ and the Chapman house come into immediate use. Mr C to Mrs C 'do you think we should have a Barbecue tonight?' 'Whatever' came back the cheery reply '... so long as you do the cooking'. Excellent me thinks I. But first things first... what to drink? (Funny how that is always the first thing on my mind... oh well) Well, Mrs. C. is currently not drinking, so what should a boy do for a drink for one? Opening a bottle for one seems a bit extreme mid-week. I could obviously chose NOT to drink it all and lave some for tomorrow, but as we are off to sunny Devon that didn't seem practical either. M'mmm... I know. Beer! But which beer to drink? Well, just arrived in the warehouse that very same afternoon were a clutch of new beers (See Andrew B's Blog post from yesterday). One in particular I had been keen to try ever since I saw it's reappearance on our beer suppliers list: Mahou beer from Spain. In fact, Mahou Five Star beeris Spain’s best selling domestic beer brand- don't say you don't learn something new with each Blog post ;). It was a staff as well as customer favourite when we last stocked it and it only disappeared from our list when we couldn't obtain anymore. Glad to see it back - but would it taste as good as I remembered?
I should have worried, Mahou **** lived up to expectations: Lovely crisp refreshing taste, not too heavy or gassy. Perfect for drinking while I watch the prawns on skewers gently turn fro pink to light gold. Went perfectly with the garlicky, lemony prawns - and didn't lave me with too much of a bad head next day (well, being a mid-week light-weight I only had a couple - it's no fun drinking alone!) Mahou beer from Spain available by the case @ £34.50 for 24 x 33cl
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| Tui - Mac's - Speight's - Fischer - Root Beer | Permalink |
Posted by Andrew Barrow on August 23rd 2007 11:48am.
 A whole six - yep, SIX, count 'em - beers have arrived in the warehouse today.
Always an exciting moment when new stuff arrives; there's a scramble to blag buy a few bottles to try, followed by heated discussions and then a push on the website to highlight all that is new. So here is a quick run-down:
Prices listed are for a case of 24 bottles.
More strangely, nestled among the beers, was Goose Island Root Beer. Now I'm a huge fan of this classic American soft drink; but many hate the 'germolene' edge you can sometimes find. Goose Island is a boutique producer based in Chicago. Not had a chance to try it yet but I've stashed a couple in the fridge... for research purposes...
The Goose Island Root Beer retails for £24.50 (case of 24).
If you have not tried any of these beers before we have created a mixed sampler case containing two bottles of each (plus a free bottle of the root beer). A bakers dozen available for £18.
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