Archive for December, 2006
Mejillones con Bechamel
There isn't a lot of new stuff on the tasting bench at the moment, some new stuff is coming in the new year. However, I have been enjoying some Spanish food and taking a second (or fifth) look at some of the wines I've tasted over the year. Mussels with bechamel is a great snack [...]
Alvaro Palacios Les Terrasses 2004
To celebrate the ability to taste and smell again, I double decanted a couple of bottles and headed down to La Luna in Carlton for lunch with the lads yesterday. This is a regional blend from Alvaro Palacios in Priorat, all of the grapes are bought in and its rumoured that he pays 3 times [...]
Palate Strike
I've got a bad case of the flu at the moment, so there hasn't been a lot of drinking going on at casa Tinto y Blanco in the last week. I've got a couple of notes of wines I tasted last weekend, so I'm posting these up in the mean time. I should be back [...]
Duris Viura-Sauvignon Blanc 2005
This is an odd little wine, it comes from a non DO area in Castilla y Leon and is a blend of Viura and Savignon Blanc. Oh and its very cheap, under $10 at retail in Melbourne. I've heard about these great Spanish wines for under $10 in the US, and I was suckered in. [...]
Segura Viudas Reserva Heredad NV
This must be one of the most recognisable bottles of wine around, the solid metal base and metal coat of arms as the label are quite striking. Perfect for any medieval occasion you may be planning, also very handy in a bar fight. So what is the wine like? Well, its very similar to the Vintage [...]
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