Bottega: quality Prosecco and Prosecco Rosé 
Book 5 Index 
951. Mullineux, Syrah Swartland, 2011 
950. W & J Graham & Co, 30 Year Old Tawny Port, NV (2010) 
949. Cartuxa, Pêra-Manca Branco Évora, 2012 
948. Pella, Xi-Ro Cuvée Experimentale, NV Red
503. Goldwater Estate, Merlot Esslin Waiheke Island New Zealand, 2002
My first wine from Waiheke Island, north of Auckland. An interesting balance between Old and New Worlds: certainly a core of quite ripe black …
502. Booker, My Favorite Neighbor Paso Robles, 2006
Tracey & Dante were over and I just managed to catch up with them. They brought me this from Paso Robles (equal parts Syrah, …
497. Château Latour, Les Forts de Latour Pauillac, 1979
So, continuing the Katy / Whippet ’79 theme, this was served with roast lamb. 1979 wasn’t a great year for Bordeaux, so this was …
491. Mas Amiel, Maury Vintage Charles Dupuy, 2002
When it came to the cheese course, I had an old LBV Port to hand, but that was tired, and rather low quality, so …
490. Marquis d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds, 2000
Picked this up from POTG – a 2nd bottle of this matured, classy Burgundy (a case of the 2005 of which is sitting in …
485. Domaine Tempier, Bandol, 2003
We threw a curry at this, and it more-or-less survived. For me though, the two characteristics that were most interesting were the surprisingly only …
482. Mas Amiel, Maury MIllésime, 1980
Bought this several years ago whilst visiting the Roussillon winery (which I cycled 50km to), with Mum. But it took that long to find …
479. Anselmann, Dornfelder Trocken Pfalz, 2005
En route home from dropping off Katy in Germany, I found this in Hannover Airport and figured I should find out what Dornfelder is …
478. Querciabella, Chianti Classico, 2004
Found this buried amongst the oddly-named wines in the Ghent restaurant t’Buikske Vol, that we went to on our 2nd night there, on route …
477. Gaja, Barbaresco, 1990
[signed in 2017 by: Gaia Gaja, Rossana Gaja] Well, the first time we went to the Maidenhead Italian, I got chatting to the owner, …