Wine Wednesday: Thursday 4th August 2011

In attendance: Alex R, Martin, Amy

Wine Wednesday Three took place on a Thursday.  A little incongruous, I agree, but it turned out to be one of the best yet.  Probably.

Early August, traditionally the height of summer, but (perhaps predictably) it was pouring with rain.  Pouring with rain, after a spell of 30-degree heat, pouring with rain in a humid oppressive, crazy making kind of a way. And we were made a little crazy today too. As we dodged the raindrops and hurried to the Maltings Café we happened to pass a number of our Bancroft colleagues, me and the boys, a bottle of rosé and the nearest left turn to the park. What did they think we were up to?  We started giggling at the very idea. 

Tom Cannavan reviews Pitchfork Shiraz

Tom Cannavan has recently reviewed Michael Kerrigan's Pitchfork Shiraz 2008:

A visit to Mas Amiel

On a recent trip to the Languedoc for my honeymoon I decided to visit Mas Amiel in the Agly Valley near Maury. 

A Day in the Trade with Roland Norman

As ever, when a winemaker comes-a-visiting it’s a game of dragging the hapless man through a myriad of meetings and tastings, a hefty lunch (just to prove how good the food is in the restaurants who might take their wine) and finished off by a lengthy winemakers dinner entertaining 40 people.  For many, far happier tending their vines than struggling with their often rudimentary English and trying to figure out the vagaries of English humour this can be a rather onerous and overwhelming day.

Wine Wednesday 27th July 2011

In attendance: Amy, Carlos, Alex R, Martin and Stephen

This was the second Wine Wednesday.  There is no blog for Wine Wednesday One as it was only today we realised that our break-up-the-week-by drinking-nice-wine-and –eating-nice food lunches would be perfect for the Bancroft Wines’ Blog.

Initially, conceived as an apology to me by Alex and Martin (don’t ask what they did), Wine Wednesdays have blossomed at a phenomenal rate.  Only week two and almost double the attendees.