Wine Tasting 101

Beaujolais

Cuvee Des Vignerons Beaujolais (Episode 100 – Part 2)

In part 2 of this episode, we taste a Cuvee Des Vignerons Beaujolais. This impressed us a little less than the Beaujolais in part 1 of this episode. A good…
Beaujolais

Marks & Spencer Beaujolais Wine Tasted (Episode 100 Part 1)

We taste a great Beaujolais from Marks & Spencer in this Part 1 of our 100th Episode! John L started this journey with John M's guidance only being able to…
Beaujolais

Beaujolais Wine Tasting (Episode 100) Introduction

We introduce our 100th episode where we turn full circle! We taste some Beaujolais wine which was John L's favourite red when he began this journey with his mentor John…
Californian

Tasting a Baron Herzog Old Vine Zinfandel (Episode 99 Part 3)

Wow, three out of three another wine that scores high on the J&J scale. Yet another fantastic Zinfandel, this time available from Waitrose in the UK, the Baron Herzog Old…
Californian

Tasting a Ravenswood 2014 Zinfandel (Episode 99 Part 2)

In Part 2 of this episode, we taste another fantastic Zinfandel, this time available from Sainsburys, a Ravenswood Old Vine Zinfandel 2014. It is also available from other retailers and…
Californian

Tasting Buena Vista Zinfandel (Episode 99 Part 1)

In the first part of this episode, we taste a Buena Zinfandel available in the UK from the M&S chain at a price of £15. This wine achieved 90 on…
Californian

Introducing our Zinfandel Episode (Episode 99)

In this episode we taste three Zinfandels all from Californa, one is available from M&S, the second from Sainsburys and the third from Waitrose. https://youtu.be/ZZu9ha65luI          …
Barolo

Tasting a 2012 Dagromis Barolo (Episode 98)

For this episode, our thanks go to Ron and Pauline Jubb for their wonderful gift of a bottle of Dagromis Barolo 2012. This fantastic wine is certainly not one to…
Portuguese Wine

Tasting a Great Red Portuguese wine (Episode 97)

In this episode, having read in the wine magazine 'Decanter' that Portugal is the place to be to discover some of the most exciting new wines to be brought to…
Malbec

How to taste Red Wine (Episode 96)

In this episode, we take a step back for those of you who are wanting a refresher on the basics of tasting Red Wine. Hopefully, for those of you just…