Posts by Tim Jackson

Piemonte Overview The exceptional food, the incredible wine and the rolling hills of Tuscany… the image that is often conjured up by someone talking …

I must operate a LIFO approach to writing up People and Places, as this first post is about one of the producers I’ve most recently …

[Intro: As I began transcribing notes from Book 2, I remembered that I’d written notes on the inside pages of Book 2 when I …

Another from Steve to round-off Christmas lunch. This is from the “other” top Tokaji house of Hetszolo (vs. Royal Tokaji), so was good to …

Picked-up as a £20-off “bargain”. Ready to drink at Christmas 2004. Deep plum colour with garnet rim. Milk chocolatey or cocoa powder nose over …

Very enjoyable preface to Christmas lunch at Andrew’s, courtesy of Steve. A bottle he bought whilst holidaying in Meursault a few years before. Produced …

Mid-garnet colour with medium-broad rim. Definite maturity on the bottle’s colour. Medium-to-intense aroma of redcurrant jelly and something meaty, suggesting a good match for …

From the same batch as the ’97 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Had this one in a work team meeting with Peter Thorburn (“exploring our products”…!). …

I could have sworn that I already had a Ravenswood label in here from a few years back (I think I drank some in …

Product of my first visit to Napa Valley, with my friend Emily. 38C on the verandah at the vineyard’s winery, on top of a …