When I drink wines in restaurants, I turn down my analytical and boring side and focus more on the sheer enjoyment. Of course I will always remain utterly amused by blind tasting, yet I don´t want to be a too boring dinner companion, and...
I remember the talk. I remember the excitement. I do recall how courageous Robert Parker used to be when he dared to rate this on a similar or higher level than a few first growths. I particularly remember when I got to taste this...
1985 Mouchão– “Rayas” of Portugal This special bottle came from owner Ian Richardson’s own cellar, thus with perfect provenance. I had gotten the honour to cook something with it and settled for Anjou pigeon in black olive and truffle sauce. Something I can assure...
2022 was a year when I was lucky to taste an amazing array of great wines. Illustrious bottles and plenty of legends. However, the most impressive one, even when flanked by remarkable wines like Petrus and Latour, is the Vega Sicilia Unico 1970. Despite...
There are a lot of legendary wines out there! And there are legendary wines you didn´t knew exist! 1990 Maya was one of these. I don´t know why but for some reason I thought 1992 was the first vintage, and the first really hyped...
I have quite a few collector friends. Most of them are collectors rather than drinkers. I like them and I truly understand their obsession with buying the best of the best and occasionally excelling with trophy bottles at prestigious dinners. I´m far from a...
I´m not a genius! But if someone would serve me Meursault from Coche-Dury blind, I would certainly nail it! And that´s not because of my own tasting abilities, rather the genius in the bottle and the genius that made the wine! I always say...
There´s certainly an allure about wines, or rather producers that don´t exist anymore. Because they are better? Not always. Because of the rarity? Indeed! I´ve been lucky to taste some of these cult wines such as Henri Jayer, Gentaz-Dervieux and particularly René Engel whose...
If I look at my track record when it comes to the cult wines from Napa Valley, I had my fair share of Screaming, Harlan, Dalla Valle and so forth. Bryant Family however, is a wine I rarely tasted and drunk even more seldomly....
I´ve had the question a thousand times – what´s your best wine ever? I´ve replied a thousand times – difficult to say as I´ve been luckily so spoiled with a tremendous plethora of great and legendary wines. However, emotionally my first great wine I...