More M&S wine mark-downs:

Saint-Julien; an appellation I did not know much about.

Bordeaux Wines UK Erik Burgess 🇳🇿🍷🥂 Purple Teeth The WineSmacker Susan 🍷 Suzi Day Cara Mia🍷💁🏻‍♀️ Dave Razzari Talk-a-Vino Le Bon Vin #inmyglass CF Ltd The Wine Cru Ltd

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Orange wine and Zweigelt at Vinoteca Kings Cross this evening.

Impromptu post-Great North Run stop-off at Old Hall Sandbach yesterday eve for a quick Gavi, poderidalnespoli Sangiovese and some Man Food.

Will definitely be back Paul Courtney

When you buy Bordeaux, do you choose by vintage, appellation or classification?

Les Crus Bourgeois Les Crus BourgeoisUS Brinda Bourhis Jo Thompson Bordeaux Wines UK @BordeauxWines Chris Kissack Richard Bampfield Laura Clay 💙 Julien Miquel #Wine Amy Lieberfarb James Walker

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Savoury, elegant, gastronomic Loire Sauvignon from Menetou-Salon - a Sancerre lookalike that is *not* a NZ-style SB at all.

Loire Valley Wines Joseph Mellot R&R Teamwork Hatch Mansfield Le Bon Vin #inmyglass Talk-a-Vino Texas Wineaux CF Ltd Sue Brooker 💙

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A Pinot Grigio from Wines of Chile UK's Errazuriz Wines - Oz Clarke once raved about PG as being truly cool (OK, it was 2004)

Tasting this, you can see what he meant.

cc R&R Teamwork jim dunlop Le Bon Vin #inmyglass Talk-a-Vino Sharon L Food with Susi

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I just published 23.05 #ChardonnayDay

Errazuriz Wines Robert Oatley Wines Abbotts & Delaunay R&R Teamwork Hatch Mansfield Eviva Communications Pays d'Oc IGP Wines Wines of Chile UK

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Today, we mark 80 years since the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and commemorate victims of this genocide.

Only with the weakening of the then Moscow authorities and the restoration of Ukraine's independence were the Crimean Tatars able to establish the truth about the crime

More Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux: 2020 Château Fontis

Les Crus Bourgeois Les Crus BourgeoisUS Bordeaux Wines UK @BordeauxWines Jo Thompson Texas Wineaux Sharon L The_Buyer CF Ltd James Walker MOLDOVA WINE TRAVEL Susan 🍷 #WiningHourChat

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Mature wines with friends:

- 2014 Pouilly-Fuisse Bourgogne Wines
- 2007 CdP and 2012 CdR Vignobles de la Vallée du Rhône
- 2001 Boekenhoutskloof WinesofSouthAfricaUK
- 2009 Pauillac & 2003 Sauternes Bordeaux Wines

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More M&S wine markdown bargains - St Julien, Coonawarra Cab and a cheeky beer Erik Burgess 🇳🇿🍷🥂 @thehh08 Ben Gazeley Tim Needham Paul Courtney SolicitingFlavours Joni Karanka Dave Cronin Brian Elliott James Hubbard

Plus 10% off for buying six.

Château Ramage la Batisse 2019 Cru Bourgeois Supérieur (Haut-Médoc)

Les Crus Bourgeois Bordeaux Wines UK Chris Kissack Jo Thompson Le Bon Vin #inmyglass Talk-a-Vino The Wine Cru Ltd #WiningHourChat The WineSmacker Thomas Hughes MOLDOVA WINE TRAVEL Texas Wineaux Amy Reiley

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Château Pierre de Montignac 2021 Cru Bourgeois (Médoc)

Les Crus Bourgeois Bordeaux Wines UK Le Bon Vin #inmyglass Laura Clay 💙 Texas Wineaux The WineSmacker MOLDOVA WINE TRAVEL Susan 🍷 #WiningHourChat Wine Casual WineEnthusiast morgenmuffel Katarina Andersson - Taste Italy With Me 🍷 savortheharvest

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Vidal-Fleury Côtes du Rhône 2022 from Majestic Cambridge

cc Vignobles de la Vallée du Rhône Limm Communications Fells Wine Importers Matt Walls Texas Wineaux Steve Kubota Sharon L Food with Susi Erik Burgess 🇳🇿🍷🥂 Stephen Barrett

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Great discussion on the financials of the wine business from ARENI Global cc Pauline Vicard wine thinker (wine_thinker on Thre@ds) Damien Wilson Paul Mabray

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Shout out to Erik Burgess 🇳🇿🍷🥂 for flagging this up the other week.

Has now appeared at my local M&S

Ignore the £7 shelf price - this is £4:50 per bottle or £4:05 when you buy six (spoiler: I bought six and am heading back again)

Wines with Altitude - ripe concentration and no jamminess:

Louis Jadot Vins de Bourgogne Wines of Portugal UK Esporão World TescoDrinks The Wine Society Ewan Murray Charles Metcalfe Erik Burgess 🇳🇿🍷🥂 ADHalliwell R&R Teamwork Le Bon Vin #inmyglass

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Company wine tasting - all wines got at least one “favourite vote” - except the sherries. What is wrong with people?

Lovely, classic Haut Medoc Bordeaux from Chateau Saint Ahon.

Beautifully made with fine, firm tannins - plenty of cellaring potential.

Les Crus Bourgeois Bordeaux Wines Bordeaux WinesUK Jo Thompson Richard Bampfield Laura Clay 💙 Le Bon Vin #inmyglass The WineSmacker Talk-a-Vino

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Another Chardonnay-off: Louis Jadot Macon vs WinesofSouthAfricaUK cc R&R Teamwork Co-op Bourgogne Wines TescoDrinks

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