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...Buy a case and save some for a while.£36 The Wine Society L’Aurage 2018 Castillon (15%)From the same stable as Le Tertre Roteboeuf and in the same exuberant, late-picked style....
...When Mary was invited to the Macallan estate by Jaume Ferràs, the brand’s global creative director, to shoot a portrait of Sir Peter Blake (who co-designed the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album...
...The late Denis Durantou of Ch L’Église-Clinet was responsible for it and it’s a fine memorial to his skills....
...Over the past half-century, Pinot from Oregon, Cabernet from Napa, Malbec from Argentina’s Mendoza and Sauvignon Blanc (and more Pinot) from New Zealand’s Marlborough have all proved immensely rewarding...
...Morris is only 62 but “there’s been a big focus on legacy with a giant capital L”....
...“This Cuban sound is a real Cuban sound,” says Mendoza. “The habanera is a totally Cuban tradition.”...
...Coates & Seely, La Perfide 2009 England £67.95 Lea & Sandeman So garlanded is this wine that L&S rations it to one per customer. Dense, confident and zesty....
...Zorzal, Eggo Tinto de Tiza Malbec 2014 Mendoza 13.5% £15.99 Slurp The Michelini brothers made this in fashionable concrete eggs from vines grown high in the Andes....
...Orkesta Mendoza played like men trying to squeeze a 75-minute set into a 60-minute slot....
...that were appliquéd on to snakeskin Sgt Pepper jackets, thigh-high platform boots, and backpacks....
...Works by other regular guests include ceramics by Georges Braque (by the pool) and Fernand Léger (“La jeune fille et l’oiseau”, on the terrace)....
...Now he is about to begin a global role, at director level, at L’Oréal’s The Body Shop....
...chic of the Vines of Mendoza hotel....
...It is the best film to date from Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, who made Kinatay (Cannes Best Director prize 2009) and the harrowing Berlin-shown hostage drama Captive (2012)....
...The grape variety that made the reputation of Cahors, Malbec, is most readily associated today with Mendoza in the Argentinian Andes....
...So far, so promising, as far as my own investment in west Africa went, but when I got to L’Artisan Cordonnier, things turned strange....
...Lots of rich personality. 14.5% £8.99 Marks & Spencer Dom des Terres Falmet, L’Ivresse des Cimes 2006 St-Chinian Scented and heady. Lovely ripeness and polish....
...Velvety and fun. £8.95 Jeroboams, The Secret Cellar, Butler’s Wine Cellar, The Sampler Dom Begude Pinot Noir 2009 Vin de Pays de la Haute Vallée de l’Aude The red burgundy grape is perfect for summer....
...Moments later, L Cpl Michael Barton, on his first patrol since suffering heatstroke, took a shot with his MK12 marksman rifle, hitting the fighter in the chest....
...“Rather than focusing on bordeaux, which everyone else was doing, I collected top-end Spanish wines such as Vega Sicilia, Pesquera and L’Ermita. “I felt it was a fantastic opportunity....
...It’s not given away though. 14% £44.95 Jeroboams Dom Sylvain Cathiard, Clos de l’Orme 2004 Chambolle-Musigny 17.5 Drink 2009-15 50+ year-old vines. Real delicacy and lovely now. Great precision....
...Serres also points out that the proximity of the Larzac plateau means cool summer nights after hot days, with diurnal temperature variations of up to 20°C: as refreshing here as they are in Argentina’s Mendoza...
...Brillante Mendoza’s Kinatay (Butchered) is an overwrought, overlong Filipino policier....
...£24.99 The Sampler R Renaudin Brut Rosé L’Espiegle NV Champagne Characterful, substantial but not sweet champagne from a grower in the appropriately named village of Moussy....
...Rochester: Simon 5 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton 6 New York University: Stern 7 Cornell University: Johnson 8 University of Iowa: Tippie 9 Boston College: Carroll 10 University of Notre Dame: Mendoza...
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