Recent content by GarethB

Wine must have a Best Before Date printed on it. I feel there's a Yakov Smirnoff one liner in there somewhere.

This, and many natural wines, would make an interesting but probably predictable experiment. If they told the hardship of the vintage story on the label it would probably put off many consumers but enthuse the adventurous to try it. If it was told to you as a story in restaurant or bottle...

It reminds me of Spielberg’s response to his movies being accused of manipulation: “All art is manipulation as far as I’m concerned - horror films manipulate you into feeling scared, comedies into making you laugh. Even a realist film is manipulative - perhaps the most manipulative of all...

Nice. I wonder how the wine references in Fifty Shades will hold up in 70 years...

Brennan 2009 Pinot Noir, Gibbston Valley, NZ. Gorgeous texture with finely balanced tannins and oak. Purposeful port like oxidation but still masses of fresh red fruit which makes it seems young and old in good measure.