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The Wines of Bruno Giacosa

By Joe | Published: March 20, 2010
We were very privileged to have Bruna, the daughter of Bruno Giacosa, the ‘professor’ of Nebbiolo in a while back to present the latest releases from the hallowed estate. We started off with the 2004 Spumante, a wine first made in 1983. 100% Pinot Noir purchased from a single grower, this is interestingly enough one [...]
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Neal Martin talks about our 1982 Bordeaux Tasting

By Ben | Published: March 18, 2010
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1982 Bordeaux Horizontal – The Review

By Mark | Published: March 13, 2010
So, how were the wines? Well we approached them in four flights and here is what I made of them. Flight one: Vray Croix de Gay, Ormes de Pez and Meyney The first flight was of three relatively modest wines, one Pomerol and two Cru Bourgeois properties from St Estephe. We started with VCdG and [...]
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1982 Bordeaux

By Mark | Published: March 4, 2010
In anticipation of our horizontal tasting of 1982 Bordeaux tonight, Mark shares his thoughts on the vintage and that man Parker. 1982 is often spoken about in the same breath as other great 20th century vintages such as ‘29, ‘45, ‘47, ‘59 and ‘61 – another of those candidates for ‘vintage of the century’ that [...]
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