What sort of wine do you enjoy tonight?

One that is at peak?

One many believe will be a future classic?

One with too much alcohol?

One where you should have tried a different vintage?

One that is sheer perfection?

One you need to reach for?

One that is allready empty?

One that is way too young?

A monopole vineyard?

An old and perfect one?

One that is somewhat forgotten and still splendid?

Something shiny and sparkling?

One where there is still something left?

Something overrated?

Something from a big format?

Fuck, are you having the same as me?

Wine quote

"-I produce red wine, not black wine." Christian Moueix

Wine quote

"-When people ask me what part of Italy my wine is from, I tell them it's from Spain." Pablo Alvarez, owner of Vega Sicilia

Another from Stephen Brook

"-Fortunately I have yet to se in Bordeaux the cloudy wines that some Italian and Californian winemakers (and their ill-informed supporters in the wine press) consider grittily authentic rather than microbiological time-bombs."
On fining, filtration and stability in wines.

Stephen Brook

"-If there is any excess, it lies in the direction of exaggeratedly low yields with the aim of producing super-concentrated wines that impress palates that mistake power and heft for quality."
On yields and age of vines.

Francois Mitjaville, Château Tertre-Roteboeuf:

"-The only part of a wine that is purely natural is the fruit. Once we have that fruit, the rest is the result of intervention. We are not animals. We have minds and we make choices."
On so called "non-interventionist" winemaking.

Bordeaux cow

Volvo means I roll, Ludo means I play. So Bordo (Bordeaux) must mean I drink.

Thought out as we drove in to Chateau La Lagune in a Volvo after seeing the Bordeaux Cow with Bordeaux written all around in different languages. Bordo is Bordeaux in Albanian or Turkish I think.

Quote of the month

"-You cannot compare a barrel sample to a mature wine."
Rune Rake on 1971 Gaja Barbaresco vs 1947 Borgogno Barolo Riserva, 4th of March, 2010