Spent some lovely time yesterday in the pub garden drinking pints of summery and refreshing St. Peters Golden Ale but when the rains came it was more appropriate to order bottles of Trappistes Rochefort 8 which was comforting and balanced yet still managed to work up our appetites.
So my friend insisted that we go for fish and chips at his favorite shop near his house in South London. And he also insisted that we switch to wine. So he was proud to show off his local wine bar/shop where he was sure that I would find some gems to tempt my palate. Instead, I was off into Dumpster Diving.
Well, not quite. There were a few well-chosen wines proudly displayed but beyond our budget of group carousing for the evening. So sorting through the 5% of the shop that was palatable, I chose the 2006 Fevre Chablis which was fine but a bit flabby and tropical and only hinted at snapping into focus during the 30-40 minutes it took us to finish the bottle.
Luckily the crowd was more convinced by my selection of 2005 Rudolf Frst Sptburgunder Tradition which was a clean pure ripe jellied jewel of a small-scale refreshing and focused wine. No reason to accuse this wine of being complex but everything in proportion for what it was and the table was happy.
So my friend insisted that we go for fish and chips at his favorite shop near his house in South London. And he also insisted that we switch to wine. So he was proud to show off his local wine bar/shop where he was sure that I would find some gems to tempt my palate. Instead, I was off into Dumpster Diving.
Well, not quite. There were a few well-chosen wines proudly displayed but beyond our budget of group carousing for the evening. So sorting through the 5% of the shop that was palatable, I chose the 2006 Fevre Chablis which was fine but a bit flabby and tropical and only hinted at snapping into focus during the 30-40 minutes it took us to finish the bottle.
Luckily the crowd was more convinced by my selection of 2005 Rudolf Frst Sptburgunder Tradition which was a clean pure ripe jellied jewel of a small-scale refreshing and focused wine. No reason to accuse this wine of being complex but everything in proportion for what it was and the table was happy.