Hints and tips:
...It’s too early for any consensus on the wines produced by the new empire — and I was assured that rumours that they will no longer be producing Stony Hill’s iconic Chardonnay and Riesling are false....
...That team will be considerably diminished by the loss of winemaker Natasha Williams, who has just been lured away to the new, Belgian-owned Hasher Family Estate....
...He was so entranced by the warm, sunny climate at Williams Selyem winery in northern California, as seen in our programme on Pinot Noir, that he wrote to the winery offering his services as an intern....
...To the left is the clubby McRae Bar, named after George McRae, the building’s architect (it will probably be a hit with the suited-and-RM Williams-booted cohort that populates the surrounding banking and...
...As well as using an array of concrete eggs, which John Williams describes as “space-eaters”, they have installed two 13,000-US gallon concrete “rooms” in which they age their Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc...
...Much more refreshing, interesting and dry than a 15% Chardonnay from a hot region. This would be an extremely versatile food partner....
...No one in our party of four is a fan of tasting menus, but perhaps the scenes of the Lakes adorning the menus by local artist William Heaton Cooper softened us up....
...Dog Point’s Chardonnay is also superior. Chablis is the classic French answer to New Zealand Chardonnay (or vice versa?)....
...The white – an unoaked blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay – marries succulent, citrusy freshness with heady power....
...At least at the high end, voters as well as politicians listened to William F Buckley in the National Review or George Will in the Washington Post. The election of 2016 proved that was no longer true....
...My style icon is my late uncle, Sir William Aykroyd, who ran Hardy Amies for a time and had an immaculate dress sense....
...Williams puts it in typically forceful terms....
...Ebenauer Johanneshof Reinisch Loimer Gerhard Markowitsch Wieninger Switzerland Gantenbein Histoire d’Enfer Domaine des Muses Australia Ashton Hills Bass Phillip Bindi By Farr Coldstream Hills Curly Flat William...
...Harvested from September to October, the grapes — including Bacchus, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay varieties — are then pressed, fermented and bottled onsite....
...William Lander, co-owner of Portland, says: “There are lots more importers than there were five years ago who are small, independent and interesting — and the bigger ones are better too.”...
...Almost all were in the south of William the Conqueror’s new dominions, below a line roughly from Gloucestershire in the west to Cambridgeshire in the east, with a few exceptions....
...A handful of producers, such as Ridge Vineyards in the hills above Silicon Valley and John Williams of Frog’s Leap, have long been faithful to the British market via Berry Bros’ agency arm, and importers...
...And I was particularly taken by the fact that the trophy for Southeastern Europe went to a Serbian wine, Aleksandrovic 2009 Trijumf Chardonnay....
...It was a cheap South African Chenin Blanc/Chardonnay on special offer from Safeway....
...“If you leave the grapes on the vines too long,” adds Didier Seguier of Domaine William Fèvre, “you won’t harvest Chablis but Chardonnay.” To make “merely varietal” wine would be impertinent here....
...• Freycinet Chardonnay 2005/6/9 • Giant Steps, Sexton Chardonnay 2008/9 • Kooyong, Faultline Chardonnay 2009 • Shobbrook Seppeltsfield Syrah 2009 • Sidewood Reserve Syrah 2008 • Tappanappa, Tiers...
...And Williams Black, a stout from Alloa in Scotland, delivers a smooth malted flavour with a pleasingly bitter edge. There you are, we can be positive if we try. ………………………………………….....
...His only known indulgence was a fondness for the better California chardonnays....
...“I think future generations will look back at this time as one of the most exciting in the history of medicine,” says William Caldwell, ACT’s chief executive....
...Matthew Hodder-Williams of Knight Frank’s French desk says: “Buyers in the south-west of France are often entrepreneurs and business people....
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