Need more info Paul_
Even google is vague. Bottle piccy?
Smooth dark fruits here, with a sweet, subtly meaty edge. The palate is dark and savoury with sweet fruit. A very refined, elegant style with good concentration and nice structure. Very good/excellent 91/100
poured a snifter and expected me to taste it and go Thank you that's excellent, Carruthers. Leave the bottle. How can people judge a wine that quickly after it's been opened?
The only 'wine club' worth joining is 'the wine society' There's a few members on here who will nominate you if required.
The only 'wine club' worth joining is 'the wine society' There's a few members on here who will nominate you if required.
For a price of course!
OK I'll run w/ this. I'm w/ you on the big red/risotto thang.
Matter of fact we ate risotto few nights ago (nothing fancy - arborio rice, red onion, creamy-brown 'shrooms, simple stock, splash of wine) w/ a Montepulciano D'Abruzzo. The Frau & I thought it went well. Actually if I'd had a crisp white I would have put it in the stock . . .
(I've done something similar using Marsala).
To allow a little wander . . . I'll try this soon: (I love the taste of Marsala, I think it fine wine)I do something very similar , but I tend to add lemon juice to the mushrooms after I've stewed them in their own juices ....(I've done something similar using Marsala).
Mushroom Risotto with Marsala
3 Tbsp. butter
1 medium white onion sliced
8 oz. sliced mushrooms
3 cups risotto (Arborio rice)
6 cups chicken broth, warmed in saucepan
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup Dry Marsala
In a large pot (or Dutch oven) over medium-high heat, combine butter, onion and mushrooms and sauté for five minutes. Add the risotto and continue to sauté for three minutes. Add one cup of the warm chicken broth and stir until absorbed. Continue to add the chicken broth one cup at a time as it absorbs while you stir. When all of the chicken broth has been added, stir in cream and the Marsala. If a thinner consistency is desired, add up to one cup of water. Place the risotto on a platter and top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Best dry Marsala I've found thus far, it's hard to find good stuff.
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as a late comer to this thread my two penneth may have already been said.does anyone else find french wines lacking in body espically if you've been drinking new world wines.i have recently become a bit of a fan of pinot noir,however i brought home a couple of bottles of alsace versions of this from my recent trip to font.it was like piss in fact nearly all of the 10 bottles i brought home i would have been better used as drain cleaner.I think it depends on what you've been drinking and personal taste- I tend to find new world wines like alcoholic ribina unless I go £20+ a bottle. What you see as lack of body I tend to call "subtlety". That said American pino can be sex and death (but again not at much less than the above mentioned price).
Matching wine w/ food. (http://www.foodandwinepairing.org/food_pairing_board.html)Nice post :great:
I found Perrin et fils "les Christins" 03 for 155 quid/12 (13 per bottle).Don't bother with the '03 Perrin at that price it's a really lovely £9-£10 a bottle wine any further is a piss-take; and like I said in my earlier post I'm kind of worried about how the '03 is stacking up against the attack of the '05.
I'll rarley pay more than €9/10 for a bottle (excepting port which is free from price restrictions *drool*) but here it's just not necessary to spend so much €5 is just fine. I find it hard to compare on prices w/ you UK lubbers as wine is extortionate there.
i have come to conclusion that my taste buds are knackered.i bought a couple of bottles of rioja to get in practice for next weeks trip to the spanish terrortries.again it was very disappointing compared to tonights bottle of blossom hill wine makers selection merlot.Nah don't beat yourself up- big fruity new world wines are instant and gorgeous. Put them up against food though and they begin to have problems. I've just done in a 2003 southern Rhone with pasta and a blue cheese and wild garlic source. It worked brilliantly. Now i'm am on a Chilean merlot of death defying fruit and weight ( casa Lapostelle) it is working beautifully as an after dinner drink but I cannot for the life of me think how I would pair it with food i.e. drink it as wine should be drunk. When you get to Spain the wine and food will meld perfectly, as they always do, as it should be.
Rioja? Just normal common or garden rioja?it was muriel 2003 reserva.with regard to aging in oak,i thought the oak barrels was the new world way of getting the body into a wine and therefore cheating.i did hear though it was starting to become the in thing for european wines.
Try a reserva, if that doesn't work hit the gran reserva. I believe it's a matter of aging in oak that is the difference: normal being short to gran reserva long. I'd expect the gran to be darn oaky.
. . . the recently delivered case of Domain Tempier Bandol I've just had delivered . . .
I got this via The Wine Society, and split a case with Graeme Alderson. Its not cheap- £14.95 a bottle, and yeah I am UK based (Well most of the time , but that's another story).. . . the recently delivered case of Domain Tempier Bandol I've just had delivered . . .
Spill the beans Joe. Plus would you please give an indication of average price (most pertinent). You are UK based I think?
I've researched a little and this (or rather 02 03) is most expensive in US retailers - irrelevant, like . . . Full breakdown, bitte. :)
Torres.
Don't know, but it worked. Mr Sharpe and I both managed our second Fontainebleau, Font 7b+s. I think he might remember more of the details about what was drunk, as he knows more about this stuff.
You all drink in pubs don't you? Reassuringly expensive . . .Not iron rich soil, just loads of sun. Grapes ripen quickly (I'm generalizing obviously) and have loads of residual sugar (read high alcohol potential). This along with good (some of the world's best wine makers) gives us what I call alcoholic ribina: really, immediately approachable, fruity wines. Personally they don't do much for me. I actually like austere wines which match up against food. The big Oz, American, New World wines which are getting all the press these days are incredibly hard to match with food: they swamp it. Houdini you live in a country which has a talent for wines with a low alcohol content and wedges of character go discover them and tell us about them- please. As for this quote " It is, after all, just wine." Well it might be believable from someone who posted on this thread about 100th as often as you do.
Ah . . . A while back I mentioned something about only buying very local wines, as far as Portugal I recall. This is no longer possible.
Excuse: Body. I fear I do not have the dough to chase local corper. I know that there are French and indeed German wine w/ very rich textures big on body but great German wine tends to be more expensive that great French wine and I don't want to pay the Earth for wine. It is, after all, just wine.
Ah . . . Oz it is. And a move to Cab Sauv from our usual Shiraz. There is something crazy rich about Oz wine is there not. I assume it's the iron-rich soil.
Any thoughts on Oz wine?
Actually last night's big red was S. African, not Oz. That was mid afternoon's tipple . . .Actually all blazing sun, instantly shite grit and St. Veran on the balcony :great: :bounce:
Besides, it's summer now in the Reich. Well, barely spring for you Englanders (and probably winter still in N. Wales).
For m'self and Nibs it'sshortssilken thong andt-shirtmuscle vest; BBQ's along the river and in the parks, and usually the time zee frau starts buying whites and I turn to weißbier (and some serious steiner training).
Apparently the local summer habit is to make weißweinschorle (white and sparkling mineral water) so stand buy, there'll be opportunities ahead to minesweep a (undiluted) Riesling or two 8)
. . . Cuvee Marquis de la Tourrettes . . .
I've been sworn to sobreity for a least one week.
and of course, that last bottle in every cellar, the Amaretto
Quick shout for anyone online early.Cab souv isn't an Italian grape, though it has since the 80's been quite widely grown esp in Tuscany and added to the so called Super Tuscans. You should go for somthing Piemnotese. Your fifteen euro won't stretch to a Barolo, but it will get you a corking barbera or dolcetto. If you can find it the dolcetto by Boglietti(indeed any wine by them) is great. If you are up for something headier (and from reading your posts it sounds like you usually are) The go deep southern- Sicillian Nero d'Avola is vey well produced by the Planeta Estate who also do a good cab sauv if you must wuss out of drinking Italian grapes.
Need to find an Italian red as a birthday gift (cab sauv preferably). Any knowledge? Probably pay €15 which should get a great wine, here in the land of the free.
Fraudini & I are particularly fond of all thing Sicillian, so that's what I'd normally err towards.
'Er indoors picked this up for (see label) €4.99. Can't find a reliable online price but people are biddling €47 for 6 bottles on ebay. So we did OK I think. Nicely austere, I assume Joe approves. Kinda woody/pencil shaving-y/tannin-y w/ a hint of cassis and if I'm not mistaken, nubile bitch-ling on heat. Scooby Fucking Doo!
I do I do. 4.99 for 2001 Graves, Houdini, you're becoming an easy man to dislike.
In the culture forum you say?I've yet to be convinced by any S.A. wines yet. Especially reds. There always seems to be a tarry too much sun thing going on. Plus there is still the minefield of the ethics of S.A. wine - what are the conditions for the (mainly black) workforce in any given vineyard. That said your choice does look great, I think I shall have to indulge in a bottle.
Right! What do you think about this (http://www.oddbins.com/products/productDetail.asp?productcode=70666) then Joe? Sounds interesting.
I'd like to get my laughing gear around it (even though it does come a long way).
PS. What's w/ the French? Why do they pooh-pooh single grape wines? J' Adore 100% syrah/pinot.
Lord Soapy got me thinking.Spent £1608 on 6 bottles of Y'quem 2001 last year.
How much are people prepared to spend on their wine? In the UK 15/20 quid a bottle is par for the course. Spent more on Port than wine (but then I'd expect to) and in which country you buy makes a vast difference, I'd hate to be a Swedish pisshead.
Personally I'd never spend more than 50 quid on any bottle of booze regardless of how flush I was on point of principle - there's too much stunning wine under than to bother.
When are you hosting the tasting?In about 5 year's time and it will be me and my current friends (I will have gone out of my way to be a total bastard to everyone I know for months beforehand).
In the UK 15/20 quid a bottle is par for the course.Despite my previous post, £15-20 quid for an everyday (and I do mean every day) drinking wine is bloody steep. My "Fuck me there's a "y" in the day, I'd better celebrate with a glass of wine.", wine is between £5.5 and £9 a bottle.
Spent £1608 on 6 bottles of Y'quem 2001 last year.
If I drink 1/2 and sell the other half in about 20 years I should have drunk for free or even made a profit; this stuff is a Robert Parker 100 pointer, the Chinese are getting richer and getting a taste for good wine, expanding the market etc. etc. Operatating a long way north is insane 8)Spent £1608 on 6 bottles of Y'quem 2001 last year.
Joe you are fucking insane and you need your head seeing to.
. . . sell the other half in about 20 years I should have drunk for free or even made a profit . . .
... I am tremendously impressed by your wino odyssey ...
Perhaps we can raise a glass to quality and to interest, rather than drag all this down into a discussion about value vs. price?
Perhaps we can raise a glass to quality and to interest, rather than drag all this down into a discussion about value vs. price?Tiniest bit anal here I know, but isn't quality a function of value and price i.e. something which is good value for its price is of good quality. The point about Houd's wine trawl (and I thought Sloper's comments about it a bit mean) is that he appears to be picking up some lovely stuff very cheaply, and seeming to be getting a taste for some stuff which he hasn't thought he liked in the past; surely this is what appreciating wine is all about?
Perhaps we can raise a glass to quality and to interest, rather than drag all this down into a discussion about value vs. price?Tiniest bit anal here I know, but isn't quality a function of value and price i.e. something which is good value for its price is of good quality. The point about Houd's wine trawl (and I thought Sloper's comments about it a bit mean) is that he appears to be picking up some lovely stuff very cheaply, and seeming to be getting a taste for some stuff which he hasn't thought he liked in the past; surely this is what appreciating wine is all about?
Yeah I did :oops:sorry.Perhaps we can raise a glass to quality and to interest, rather than drag all this down into a discussion about value vs. price?Tiniest bit anal here I know, but isn't quality a function of value and price i.e. something which is good value for its price is of good quality. The point about Houd's wine trawl (and I thought Sloper's comments about it a bit mean) is that he appears to be picking up some lovely stuff very cheaply, and seeming to be getting a taste for some stuff which he hasn't thought he liked in the past; surely this is what appreciating wine is all about?
I think you mean Soapy's comment?
As for Parker and his farting bulldog and points I think that's a load of toss. I take great pleasure in seeking out good wine from lesser known producers and areas, in fact I'll share a couple of tips, Vasse Felix from the Margaret River in W Oz and Cassa Weinert in Argentina (their 100% cab sauv needs a few years to round off) and their blend is a real cracker.
Vasse Felix from the Margaret River in W Oz and Cassa Weinert in Argentina (their 100% cab sauv needs a few years to round off) and their blend is a real cracker.
For me at least, shopping for wine is second only to buying drugs on a dangerous foreign street;
Nice day at the office mate?
When are you hosting the tasting?In about 5 year's time and it will be me and my current friends (I will have gone out of my way to be a total bastard to everyone I know for months beforehand).
errr Mr Picalli
I think that technically you only own 5.75 bottles of the Yquem as, following the settling of our little bet, I am the proud owner of .25 bottles of the amber nectar.
Yours
A very thick skinned Graeme
errr Mr PicalliAhhh, Mr Alderson: one of the great pleasures of the internet is the ability to get some small recompense for having to part with a 1/4 of a bottle of Fosters' (this surely is what you mean by amber nectar?) because you tricked me into making a bet by feeding me bottle after bottle of fine wine. I now announce to the world that you sir are a blighter. :'(
I think that technically you only own 5.75 bottles of the Yquem as, following the settling of our little bet, I am the proud owner of .25 bottles of the amber nectar.
Yours
A very thick skinned Graeme
It will work like this, there will be no friends (I have my Y'quem nothing more is needed). The Alderson (who, obviously, now falls into the category of "someone I met once" (nobody gets a 1/4 bottle of Australia's finest out of me and remains a friend... oh no!) will sit opposite me in silence while the drinking occurs. He will then leave and I will continue to commune with my precious alone, Oh Yesssss.When are you hosting the tasting?In about 5 year's time and it will be me and my current friends (I will have gone out of my way to be a total bastard to everyone I know for months beforehand).errr Mr Picalli
I think that technically you only own 5.75 bottles of the Yquem as, following the settling of our little bet, I am the proud owner of .25 bottles of the amber nectar.
Yours
A very thick skinned Graeme
I would like some clarification here, Joe
When the great day of tasting occurs and if Graeme has managed to become/stay/worm-his-way-to-being a "current friend" at that time; will Graeme simply drink 0.25 bottles more than every one else (including you) or will he drink 0.25 bottles more than the other "current friends" or will he be drinking only the 0.25 bottle that he thinks is his or will you be including the 0.25 bottle as part of his share or do intend to "forget" to tell him when the tasting is so the problem will go away?
I ask only because, following my rereading of Aristotle, I am currently weighing up the cost/benefit balance of my personal relationships over the next 5 to 7 years and am trying to work out whether driving a wedge between the two of you is going to be worth the (admittedly small) effort. Obviously I haven't ironed out the details of how to get you to like me a lot, but I am sure we can find some common ground to our mutual satisfaction.
Yours Greekily
Lagers
The Alderson ...... in silence while the drinking occurs
The Alderson ...... in silenceseems unlikely
Ngornig yuo'er baesless accsuations as to my sorietby... ure m'best mate u r I fuckin' love you.The Alderson ...... in silence while the drinking occurs
Yeah, right :lol: :alky: :lol: :alky:
It's great. Thread's seeing some action. Erm . . . The Grand Village 04 is nice, but not as nice as the Graves 01 at the same price so I think I might be drinking Graves from now on.Its kind of hard to answer this 'cos you seem to be be buying good, solid Bordeaux at very reasonable prices. You've kind of stepped up without trying.
Surprised at how well it went w/ our food which was meat-free. Potato/carrot gratin cooked in a single cream & vegetable stock mix w/ lots of fresh sage/oregano/thyme/rosemary/garlic. It was the herbs that matched, I think.
Moroccan wine? I saw some today at a keen price, I'll pick up a bottle tomorrow. Any experience?
Plus - what's the next step up in Bordeaux? Recommendations please.
Ngornig yuo'er baesless accsuations as to my sorietby... ure m'best mate u r I fuckin' love you.The Alderson ...... in silence while the drinking occurs
Yeah, right :lol: :alky: :lol: :alky:
(See how easy it was to worm your way into an Y'quem tasting?)
Video diary is a great idea. You must visit the Malesherbes Wednesday AM market and buy your fruit/fromage/fowl/fish there.
Top notch produce.
Don't forget Sloper's Tip the Taste Vinage wines, memorise the logoNot seen or heard of this in UK can we get it (I'm assuming yes as you quote sloper). Do you have a where and a price?
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Should I start a separate thread for my "Ultimate Enjoyment Plan"?
Should I start a separate thread for my "Ultimate Enjoyment Plan"?
Yes.
FAO Joe RE ~ T/Vinage Pinot (http://www.nectarwineclub.com/article.aspx?product_code=39622)Thanks.
.........it turns out the figures that they rely on are total nonsense.
I don't know much about wine, but I know what I like. This was forced upon me on Friday night by some chap claiming to be Joe Picalli.In return for which I received two blindingly delicious hot smoked trout caught by lagers own fair hand and smoked in his back garden.
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very nice
Any recommendations for Cote du Rhone wines appreciated, and 100% syrahs.
I didn't think that the Rhone has a Cru classification in the same form as Claret or Burgundy, have I missed something here?
I didn't think that the Rhone has a Cru classification in the same form as Claret or Burgundy, have I missed something here?
I do however agree about Rasteau, a fine commune; but when it comes to Ch-n-de-P there's a difference between the top flight and the dross sold in Tesco.
There's a few Crus now. St Joseph, Hermitage, Beaumes de Venise, Vinsobres, Gigondas, Vaqueyras, Tavel (rosé), Cote Rotie, C-d-P, I think I've missed a few but can't think of the top of my head - Rasteau is next.
There's 16 Cotes du Rhone Villages too. About 18 if I recall - i used to be able to remember them when there were 16.
They are not Crus, they are Appelation Controlees and Rasteau and all of the other Cotes du Rhone Villages where the village is named (eg Vinsorbes, Laundun (sp?)) are already AC's.
They are not crus. They are AC's!!
There are 95 villages eligible to use the Cotes du Rhone Village appellation and the best 20 of them have the right to append the name of the village. These 20 super villages include the likes of of Rateau, Carainne, Beaumes de Venise, Seguret, Laudun and Sablet. But they are Cotes du Rhone Villages.
:alky:
Why not accept that you're wrong and more over are dealing with some well marinated people who know one end of the 1855 classification from the right bank grand crus?
Not sure if its the same program, but I caught a bit about many of the champagne vine-yeards being littered in litter, quite litterally. Apparently after WWII it was felt that throwing detritous from the cities would help fertilise the vines, and no one has bothered to clear the shit up. Broken razors, watches, all sorts of shit between the vines :o
Madiran Reserve des Tuguets on offer again at Tesco at about £5.99. Fine enough for me.
. . . the muffin-top . . .
Vaqueyras and Gigondas are very different beasts from Chateauneauf. The Chateauneauf AOC allows up to 13 different grape types in its blend, and while Chateauneaufs are mainly Grenache and Syrah the other grapes are seldom insignificant in their addition to the final flavour of the wine.
Any recommendations for Cote du Rhone wines appreciated, and 100% syrahs.
Vaqueyras and Gigondas - Cotes du Rhone Grand Crus. The only thing that seperates these vinyards from Chateauneauf du Pape is the A7 Autoroute. Oh yes and about 5 quid a bottle in price.
Cheers
Eros
Made the mistake of entering a fine wine shop today w/ only €20 in my pocket . . . Came out w/ a Chilean (shut it!) C/Sauv called Equus 15.1% that tastes surprisingly OK considering it's rocket fuel.Northern (read Alto Adige) Italian Pinots are similar to but cheaper than Swiss. I like them, I find a slight "smokiness" in them which is attractive with winter comfort foods.
I found some nice looking Swiss (!) pinot t'other day that looked great. Anyone have any knowledge about Swiss wine? I figure it'd be similar to Austrian (which I like) apparently it has one of the sternest quality control regimes in the winemaking world (probably changes made after its industry suffered a certain anti-freeze incident some years ago). Austrian wine seems to be held in quite high regard in Germany.
Vacherin mont D'Or, a good comte, tomme de chevre, banyon, bleau des causse.we're a bit :off: here but:
By the way a real cheddar (i.e. unpasturised and 2 years old is a fine cheese up there with the best)
Just a quick heads up tesco are selling off A Masi Amarone 2003 (Good year, good producer) in their bin end sale at £20 something a bottle if you buy six, good deal. plus it will improve for ten years, well cellared.
No Slopes you've done quite enough heroic travelling for the winos on this site ;)Just a quick heads up tesco are selling off A Masi Amarone 2003 (Good year, good producer) in their bin end sale at £20 something a bottle if you buy six, good deal. plus it will improve for ten years, well cellared.
Which shop, do I have to drive over the snake again?
Who saw the programme about BBR last night. Just watched it on i-player. Oh God I chose the wrong path / parents.
I thought the Scottish ex-formula one guy was brill and must track down his wines.
Are wetalking something along the lines of paster......? If so I've had mixed experiences, any aprticular recommendations would be welcome.Yeah that's exactly what Clark is producing. I've never had it so if the wallet ever struggles back to the surface I'd be up for a case.
PS I still owe you a bot, I'lll drop it around next time I go to the works.Cheers - I left the basket from the freezer there for you.
as explainedCheers - I didn't see that.
Got a mail shot from The Wine Society saying that 2007 Burgundy is now available for offers.
Does this mean that I pay the price listed, or that is a minimum payment which may increase ? I know it may appear a daft question, but doesn't make complete sense on their site.
Graeme, Simon, Joe help please
Need to breath some life into this thread.Funnily enough my thoughts exactly (great minds... fools seldom...)
anything with rhone and '07 on it.
Need to breath some life into this thread.
Lacking the moral fibre to try the local Kazakh tipple I had some lovely Estate bottle Georgian wine last night. C Sauv which is not my preference but still light years better than the Moldovan toilet cleaner I chored thru last week (demidulce/semi-sweet too, what a gaff ...) Felt particularly bad handing over the equivalent of 8 euros as everyone in the queue ahead looked fucking destitute as they scraped together coppers for a packed of fags and nasty vodka ...
I too like the Marzia primitivo.Jaboulet Domaine Thalbert, but I don't think you'll like the price Houd.
Recommendations for Crozes-Hermitage please.
Well, I require a stunning syrah in show of thanks to Fraudinis' Herculean efforts re: dealing w/ me for a decade, and the delivery of Minidini in the new year.
Cost not crucially important (I intend to be spazzed on vintage port for a week post-birth).
last time i saw this was a forum for bouldering in the whole of the uk.when did you last do that sloper.when you still see your dick before the kids whre born
BraideAlte Livon '03 (not tried this before but it comes highly recommended at at £30 ish it should be nice)
Rocche dei manzoni Barolo '96 and / or a Corton 03.
Suiddurat 04
http://www.domainedepiaugier.com/fiches_tech/tenebi.htm (http://www.domainedepiaugier.com/fiches_tech/tenebi.htm)
needy; damaged goods; US soap loving women who think Jennifer Aniston is fit.
And one more thing: old whites. What's the general on timeframe of drinkage? I've a 10 year old Portugese white lined up for lunch tomorrow. The F-in-Law hoardes wines regardless of type and I thought a decade fairly pointless.
Oh, and what's the deal w/ Barbaresco? Is it worth trying the "introductions" around the €10-13 or does anyone have anything specific to recommend?
This is what I think of the Gaja recommendationNSFW :
I want something to drink, not invest in ...
... a Marlboro light in one hand, a bovril sandwich in the other, and a nearly empty bottle of the Barbaresco
My company have been doing a lot of work lately with a great wine company called winebear, www.winebear.com (http://www.winebear.com)
Really good quality selection and he puts a lot of work into making sure all of his stock his awesome :)
just had a bot ot Susterris 2008, apparently the table wine of the late El Bulli.
All I can say is . . . . holy fucking cow!
A revelation, it drinks as if it's >£50 per bot not £17.50. A revelation. I haven't been this impressed by a wine since, well, ever.
Any thoughts on their selection and pricing ?
For anyone out there who loves Chateauneuf try Doamin du Pegau, hard to find as its a small producer but the quality is excellent, cost wise the price varies depending on the quality of the year £15 to £25 for the yearly release in Oct/Nov.
IF you can find one the 2000 was fantastic but doubt you'd pay much less than £150 a bottle now and given the small volumes probably more - rocking horse shit is common by comparisson :'(
I have 2 left in the cellar I just need agoodf*cking unbelievably good excuse to crack one open ...
I also have a white chateauneuf 2000 poss a Jaboulet but I will have to check - be interested to hear from anyone who has had white Chateauneuf as I bought it on spec about 8 years ago based solely on producer and year :-\
Where's the best place in Sheffield to buy decent wine (supermarkets seem pretty South African/Australian focused and pretty selective at that, plus Tesco's et al. are CVNTS)? The only place springing to mind is the shop attached to Kitchen but I've never been in.
(I need to purchase a decent bottle for a wedding gift).
F.F.&W are great as well.
I can't comment on the wine as unfortunately it wasn't for me but I found F.F. & W. fairly stuffy. However, maybe going in covered in chalk wasn't the best idea.
Vacqueyras is, like Gigondas, known for its power rather than its elegance