The Winehog has a diverse taste ... there are, however, regardless of style, things I do not like. Annoying and flawed wines is self-explantory ... Tedious wines ... boring or lack the energy and the transparency are other dislikes. I have pretty clear views ... regarding wine ... I will taste …
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Indifferent, Tedious … or even anoying wines – no more!
This week I had lunch with an agent colleague in a nice restaurant in Côte de Beaune ... and while I have noticed price increases many times before ... I was sort of shocked to see the prices of a simple village Meursault now climbing up towards 90-100 EUR And yes, let's face it, the prices on …
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2024 a halfway point in the tastings
I have now tasted quite some 2024s, and while the quality of the whites could be said to look very promising.. the reds seem to give a somewhat confusing picture. Some reds are light and lightfooted with a lovely, fragile perfumed style, while others have a much more intense and powerful style, …
New fish monger in NSG
Today a new fish monger opened in the core of NSG ... just near the home of the Winehog. I did a quick test of the Crevette grise and the oysters from Bretagne … very nice actually. …
Ceramics … the style of the wines
As time moves on, I am tasting more and more wines made and elevated on ceramic vessels ... i.e. with no contact to wooden barrels and with limited oxidation as the ceramic vessels allow only a limited oxidation. In the first article "Ceramics ... the naked truth" we took the general view on …