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...I’m also an admirer of the wines of négociant Tardieu-Laurent....
...Good-value NZ red for current drinking. £16 M&S Maturana San Francisco 2021 Maule, Chile 13%A thoroughly artisanal red to drink without food....
...I’m not sure when I would drink it, but I really enjoyed its expression of toasty Chenin Blanc with buttered baked-apple notes.£14.95 Yapp Bros Quinta do Noval, Late Bottled Vintage 2016 Port 19.5%Unfiltered...
...All over the world, in sometimes unlikely quarters, I’m discovering really thrilling sparkling wines....
...UK wine merchants such as Armit, Averys, Corney & Barrow, Genesis, Goedhuis, H2Vin, Jeroboams, Justerini & Brooks, Laithwaites, Latimer and Yapp are already offering them to private customers — though wines...
...But there is one piece of advice that all of m’learned friends were unanimous in bestowing....
...M & S sells a 15-year-old Oloroso from the same fine address for just £15 per 50cl....
...Both ready and lively, a real jewel. 13.5% £30 Yapp Brothers, 1747 860 423, www.yapp.co.uk Tardieu-Laurent 2008 Hermitage Blanc A potentially glorious wine style from the northern Rhône that is always...
...Lea & Sandeman and Yapp Bros were mentioned seven times....
...With its Victorian fairground label and big, brash fruit fashioned by South Africa’s trademark red wine grape, it shouts “I’m different”....
...Ask a banker or chief executive whether he is ashamed of his pay and he is likely to reply: “Yes, I’m worth double.” jonathan.guthrie@ft.com...
...Great with clear soup or nuts and cheese. 19% £7.49 per 37.5cl selected M&S stores González Byass, Apostoles Palo Cortado VORS NV Sherry Drink nowIntense dark, burnt toffee nose....
...Good value. 13% £6.49 M&S 500 stores Chilcas, Organic Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 Maule Valley 16 Drink 2009-10 Lively, well balanced, fresh and smooth....
...Very pure and cleansing. 11.5% £6.99 M&S 200 stores Porcupine Ridge Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Western Cape 16 Drink 2009-19 Big, beefy, dry, meaty....
...I’m always proud when I see things like that.”...
...While it was a perfectly nice all-Chardonnay champagne, I’m afraid I couldn’t see enough intensity or subtlety to warrant even that price....
...“I’m constantly amazed how indiscreet people are in pubs or executive airport lounges.”...
.... ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… I’m currently focusing on CEE (Central/Emerging Europe), markets that have equally retraced substantially from earlier highs....
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