Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n
No use crying over spilt milk. Actions speak louder than words.\u00a0 Thank your lucky stars.\u00a0 You can\u2019t make an omelette without breaking eggs.\u00a0 Blood is thicker than water.\u00a0 Do as you would be done by.\u00a0 Live and let live.\u00a0 An eye for an eye.<\/em><\/p>\n All idioms that have crossed our mind this week, rightly or wrongly, although Blood is thicker than water <\/em>could be regarded more as a cleaning tip, with the follow up, but comes off easily with a spot of bleach.<\/em><\/p>\n To elaborate, on Sunday morning, just a few days into our 6th<\/sup> year here, someone took particular offence to our shop window and manifested his ambivalence towards our display by firmly punching his way through the window.\u00a0 Indeed, by firmly I mean really, really hard.<\/p>\n Glass was everywhere, blood everywhere \u2013 quite how the police missed the opportunity to use the slang \u2018there\u2019s claret all over the shop\u2019 <\/em>we will never know \u2013 and a number of hours were spent calling glaziers, sweeping up, thanking our lucky stars nothing was stolen and wondering how much it would all cost to repair.<\/p>\n We\u2019re still not sure about the costs, about when it will be fixed or who it was that did it but we do know that it\u2019s done, it can\u2019t be changed, moaning won\u2019t make anything better and whoever did do it has problems and issues far greater than any we might have.<\/p>\n Merry Christmas, everyone.<\/p>\n The idioms at the top can also be applied to the delightful trio of Oscar Pistorious, Donald Trump and Tyson Fury \u2013 charmers one and all \u2013 who could also take head from think before you speak, look before you leap, don\u2019t believe your hype…<\/em><\/p>\n Anyway, enough of that, let\u2019s move on to matters more festive. Less than two weeks to go.\u00a0 Actually, less than four days to go for many of us, work and social being what they are at this time of year.<\/p>\n So let\u2019s talk turkey. I know a significant number of you will not be partaking of the oversized chicken this year, and all power to you antiestablishmentarianists, the clarets we got you to taste last week will be glorious with your beef.\u00a0 For the larger majority of you tucking into Mr Matthews finest Norfolk Bronze, the wines this weekend are more for you.<\/p>\n Having popped into Bordeaux last week, it seems sensible to shift over to Burgundy for our fun this weekend.<\/p>\n Both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay have a strong affinity with the classic British Christmas feast and indeed, it\u2019s not just the French that do it well \u2013 New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Chile even, offer some fabulous matches \u2013 but at this time of year it seems a good idea to go back to where all the fuss started and thus we will pull the corks on the following:<\/p>\n WHITE<\/strong><\/p>\n Mallory & Benjamin Talmard M\u00e2con-Uchizy 2014 – \u00a314.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Mallory and Benjamin produce just one cuv\u00e9e of Macon each year from their 20 hectares just north of the Macon hills. Richer and riper than many, it has a generous weight, subtle, almost tropical fruit with aromas of melon, ripe pear, lemon oil and almonds and rich, bready character on the palate from extended lees aging and a long fresh, finish with hints of apple.\u00a0 A good all-rounder from start to finish, this was our best selling white wine last Christmas, so we figure if it ain\u2019t broke…<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Domaine G\u00e9not-Boulanger Meursault Les Meix Chavaux 2012 – \u00a340.99<\/strong><\/p>\n This is tip-top Meursault from an estate that has been going gangbusters since 2008. Les Meix Chavaux is a good vineyard really starting to make a name for itself.\u00a0 A cracking wine with a good, flinty minerality whilst not sacrificing any of that lush broadness you get with top notch Meursault.<\/p>\n RED<\/strong><\/p>\n Maison Ambroise Bourgogne Rouge \u201cCuv\u00e9e Vieilles Vignes\u201d 2007 – \u00a320.99<\/strong><\/p>\n Bertrand\u2019s Bourgogne Rouge offer us sensational value, all organic grapes, handpicked from 50 year old vines with a south\/south east exposure in Premeaux Prissy and Nuits-Saint-Georges.\u00a0 Very classy and elegant, we consider this is absolutely bang on the button, having evolved very slowly under screw capsule and displaying a great balance between silky, pure red fruits and sous-bois notes.\u00a0 Don\u2019t ask me about sous-bois, Wayne\u2019s the linguist.\u00a0 A spot of declassified NSG with Christmas lunch?\u00a0 Don\u2019t mind if we do…<\/p>\n Domaine Coche-Bizouard Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2009 – \u00a328.99<\/strong><\/p>\n This family run domain, based in Meursault, was created by Julien Coche in 1940 as just one hectare of vines. His son Alain took over from him and built a strong reputation during the 1980\u2019s and 1990\u2019s.\u00a0 What goes around comes around, and Alain\u2019s own son Fabien has been involved since 1995 and oversees the day to day running of the domains 12 hectares.<\/p>\n This is absolutely spot on, with plenty of plum and berry fruit, silky tannins keeping it tidy and a lovely weight and length of finish. Our tasting note when we tried it said: \u2018… and really extraordinatry at this price!<\/em>\u2019\u00a0 We\u2019ll let you be the judge of that.<\/p>\n PORT (clearly not from Burgundy)<\/strong><\/p>\n Krohn Colheita 1995 – \u00a332.99<\/strong><\/p>\n This is just so darned tasty. Rich plum fruit combined nicely with dried fruits, spiced molasses and complex nutty flavours from its 18+ years in oak pipes.\u00a0 A very good length finish and an obvious choice with your stilton.<\/p>\n Not much more to add really \u2013 Wine School is gently filling up<\/strong>, so if you were thinking of giving it to a loved one as a gift that keeps on giving, be careful not to miss the boat. 6 weeks, 60+ wines, Wayne\u2019s witty insight \u2013 all for \u00a3150!<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re off to a 21st<\/sup> Birthday party in Tooting tomorrow evening (many happy returns of the day young lady) so we will be very excitable all day \u2013 we don\u2019t get out much you see \u2013 and certainly not in such glamorous company!<\/p>\n So it would seem that a week that started off looking pretty bleak is going to finish off with a bang \u2013 he who laughs last, laughs longest!!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fellow Wine Lovers, No use crying over spilt milk. 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