In the most recent issue of the Wine Advocate Robert Parker revisits the best wines produced in Bordeaux in 2006. His conclusions are very similar to our own comments

Symington Family Estates has announced the declaration of the 2007 Vintages from Dows, Grahams and Warres. They describe is as “an exceptional year which produced high quality grapes from the family’s vineyards“.

My good friend Martin Krajewski, the owner of Ch de Sours, emailed us last week announcing the tragic and sudden death of Sebastien Lamothe,

Since Mark Robertson, aka the Scotch Egg King, joined Goedhuis & Co we have become increasingly obsessed by this traditional English delicacy.

Last week (or is it two weeks ago - everything got a bit sidelined by the tasting) Liv-Ex published a revised look at the Bordeaux Classification of 1855.