Hints and tips:
...Yet I found myself writing notes like “pale ruby”, “dances on the palate”, “so fresh” and “slightly floral”....
...Transparent orange-ruby. It has a hint of raisins and rancio. Real substance and punch. Ageing of “at least seven years” is promised on the label....
...London-based jewellery brand Robinson Pelham’s offering swaps cheap wire for thick Fairtrade gold spiga chains and plastic beads for polished Murano glass....
...“The rollout of plans for the junta, including preparations for an internet shutdown, appears to have been thought out,” says Gwen Robinson, senior fellow with the Institute of Security and International...
...Great-value superior ruby port. 20% El Benito Pasada NV Manzanilla £11.99 Waitrose Four-year-old light, dry, delicate sherry from Sanlúcar de Barrameda supplied by Emilio Lustau....
...The launch in 1969 of Cockburn’s Special Reserve created a whole new category between cheap ruby and vintage port....
...ruby from Quinta de la Rosa....
...Around £50 Ocado, Lea & Sandman, Cambridge Wines, Ruby Red in Bradford-on-Avon Graham 1983 port This shows just what vintage port is all about: stately ageing in bottle resulting in a beautiful satin texture...
...“People were making and spending a lot of money and there was a newfound confidence,” says Keith Penton, head of jewellery at Christie’s auction house in London....
...To make ends meet during his five years in Europe, he worked in a London wine bar, Ruby’s, whose owners let him taste the samples left by sales reps and encouraged him to learn....
...Great value. 20% £49 The Wine Society Taylor’s 1985 port Mid-ruby becoming a little pale. Rose petals and brown sugar on the nose with some violets. Very subtle....
...Mid-ruby. Absolutely classic mature rioja nose with a mixture of stewed strawberries and animal mulch (not quite manure!). Manages to be both sweet and refreshing – no excess of alcohol....
...Established in 2005 as part of the Dalemain Marmalade Festival, the contest began with 50 entries, judged in a somewhat Heath Robinson manner....
...Tasting notes on Purple Pages of JancisRobinson.com Stockists from winesearcher.com ——————————————- Jancis’s wines to drink with chocolate • Superior ruby port • Vintage character port • LBV port...
...A Reserve ruby selling at about £10 a bottle all over the world, Cockburn’s Special Reserve was launched in 1969 as a sort of red sister to the then hugely successful Harveys Bristol Cream sherry....
...Prospectors poured in from as far away as Scotland, and the mines in the hills surrounding the town – with names like the Forest Queen, the Bullion King and the Ruby Chief – churned out some $2m in silver...
...More 2009 than Monthelie. 13% £35 Corney & Barrow, 020 7265 2400, www.corneyandbarrow.com Ch La Grave à Pomerol 2004 Pomerol Mid ruby. So sweet and meaty on the nose with masses of development....
...Ruby McGregor-Smith, chief executive, said: “We’re seeing bigger contracts for longer periods. Clients are re-examining the way they spend money.”...
...Wine online For picks under £10 see www.ft.com/robinson More tasting notes on Purple pages of JancisRobinson.com...
...Lots of structure from the wonderful Aglianico grape. 14% £14.95 Lea & Sandeman … Russo 2008 Etna Rosso Pale ruby....
...Janet Robinson (The New York Times Company) 42. Ho Ching (Temasek Holdings) 43. Mindy Grossman (HSN) 44. Shobhana Bhartia (HT Media) 45. Maggie Wilderotter (Frontier Communications) 46....
...Will Collioure save the vineyards of the ruby coast, even if Banyuls passes from favour? If singularity can ensure survival, the answer is yes. Jancis Robinson is away …………………………………………………………….....
...Light ruby. Lots of character here. Delicate but it delivers lots of fresh fruit, some subtlety and certainly pleasure for the money....
...Ruby McGregor-Smith (Mitie Group) 36. Lynn Laverty Elsenhans (Sunoco) 37. Harriet Green (Premier Farnell) 38. Ines Kolmsee (SKW) 39. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Biocon) 40....
...Zoe Benyon-Pedley, co-founder of boutique London jewellers Robinson Pelham, has noticed an upturn in requests for signet rings (prices from £500) from both their established constituency – the offspring...
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