In Auckland
February 6th, 2010 admin
My last couple of days in New Zealand are being spent with some friends in Auckland, The Hemingways. We knew them well in the UK, but a decade ago they moved out with their five children to live here. It has been great fun. Their kids are now, with the exception of one, teenagers and young adults, and there’s a real positive vibe in the house. Where they are living, some way out of the centre in west Auckland, is pretty and leafy. We’re just taking it easy, swapping stories, and drinking some nice wine and playing some guitar. Their son, Oscar, is a musical genius. He plays guitars and keys wonderfully, …
Related Videos from Youtube
The Yeatman a new luxury hotel in P...Visiting the Yeatman, a new luxury hotel under construction in Porto, Portugal, by the Fladgate Partnership (owners of Taylor, Fonseca and Croft Port houses). Filmed in September 2009 by Jamie Goode, www.wineanorak.com
two top syrahs...Tasting two top Syrahs from the new world: Mullineux 2008 from South Africa's Swartland region, and Villa Maria 2007 from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, with Jamie Goode, www.wineanorak.com
late night wine: south african shir...Jamie Goode tastes three rather nice South African Shiraz/Syrah wines.
Lunar Calendar Wine Tasting...www.thewineryuk.com - David Motion (The Winery, London), Jamie Goode (wineanorak.com) and Pierpaolo Petrassi (Tesco) interviewed on Sky News about whether wine tastes different on different days according to the biodynamic, lunar calendar.
Related Posts
Just been on to amazon and ordered a book recommended to me by Ted Lemon, who was at Pinot Noir 2010. Ted’s wines are fantastic, and so anything he wants to put on my reading list is fine by me. It’s called ‘Agroecology’, by Miguel Altieri. Not cheap at £30, but I’m hoping it will be very good. On the flight on the way...
Arrived rather jetlagged in Queenstown at noon today, but I was shaken from my stupor by the view as we walked down the steps from the plane. Just remarkable: the best quality light you can imagine, and some incredibly raw, vivid mountains surrounding the town. I spent a couple of hours wandering around town and taking in some of the views. It’s...
If you were to visit our house right now, you’d be wondering if Christmas is really just a a week away. Oh, we have a small tree up in the living room but that’s about it. No present wrapped up underneath and a few of Christmas decorations here and there in the house. We have gifts almost all ready to go for everyone but we can’t...
Keith P posed an interesting question in response to one of my blog posts from New Zealand. To paraphrase: does having a nice experience when visiting a wine region of country introduce a degree of positive bias in subsequent reviews? Let’s put this another way. Would it, in fact, be better for wine critics to have samples sent and taste the...
Very excited to announce the second of the London Gastronomy Seminars. It’s titled From Plant to Cup: Flavour in Coffee and Wine , and it will be held at on 21st January at Senate House, University of London (hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Senses, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study). I’m the wine guy; coffee...
SPIT: controlled storage James, who has taken a couple of classes of mine in the past year, wrote that he recently pulled the cork on a 1974 Heitz, Martha’s Vineyard for his 50th birthday and it was drinking fabulously. I asked him when he got the wine and he replied, “It was stored in a number of different environments since I had...
So I’m on my way home. Two weeks on the road is probably enough: I’m missing home. Still, it has been a great trip. I’m pictured above flanked by Andrew and Katharine, with whom I have spent two very enjoyable days. I wish we lived nearer to them. I’m now sitting in the lounge at Auckland airport, sipping a very precise Man...
Malcolm Gladwell cracks open a cold one and distills some academic research, as is his wont. This week’s topic: drinking and culture. After discussing the extended example of Bolivians and their norms for drinking 180 proof rum on weekends, he comes to the point that it’s not how much people drink but rather how they drink it that matters....
For people who can’t get enough of cooking—and that would include me—Guide to Culinary Schools has compiled a wonderfully eclectic mix of cooking videos. The Internet is a wonderful place,… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Read More →
Finished my Central Otago leg with two great appointments: Peregrine ( top image ) and Gibbston Valley. Peregrine’s 2008 Pinots are brilliantly fresh and elegant, with lovely poise. Gibbston are making great wines across the board, and Chris Keys, the young winemaker here seems on top form. The 2009 Pinots will be something worth waiting for...
Related Tweets from Twitter
|
getyourwinenews (Wine Lovernews) : WineAnorak: Two classy Spanish reds http://bit.ly/9QZzBh Full http://bit.ly/bztdc1.. Updated : 2010-03-11T00:11:17Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
|
getyourwinenews (Wine Lovernews) : WineAnorak: Lambing live.. Updated : 2010-03-10T22:13:10Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
noknow (Nicholas Datema) : RT @winegenie: part 1 of a series on Biodynamics: http://tiny.cc/scZz0 from WineAnorak. gives gr8 overview on intriguing topic... Updated : 2010-03-09T22:00:12Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
KK4wine (Kathleen Kinkead) : A big YES to Biodynamic wine! Best Taste! Read here about what makes it certifiable: http://www.wineanorak.com/biodynamic4.htm @jamiegoode.. Updated : 2010-03-09T17:16:13Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
|
KK4wine (Kathleen Kinkead) : @hdconnelly http://www.wineanorak.com/biodynamic4.htm Read here about what makes a #Biodynamic or BD wine. A big YES to BD wine! Best Taste!.. Updated : 2010-03-09T17:04:54Z | Reply | View Tweet |
Related News from Digg
-
STOP...Don't serve those Red's TOO warm.
[Food & Drink]An article outlining reasons why not to serve red wine too warm and some simple advice to go with it.
-
Castello di Querceto
[Food & Drink]Small tour of this historic family-owned Chianti Classico winery. It's not a polished video, but it gives you a glimpse of Greve in Chianti - peacocks and all.
Leave a comment
| Trackback
