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Published Oct. 1, 2008 at 10:39 a.m.


. I'm back, I'm home and I'm absolutely cream ( Cockney for Knackered innit). That being said it's good to be in...The sun is shining, the chicken shops are a plenty and the range of wine and wine shops in my little corner of SW London is plain OFF just past the station and if walking in that direction bores me, I can about turn and hot foot it down to...What a world we live in eh?

, Geneva, , to make my way back home to London after 3 years in Italy. During that time this blog was 98.4% dedicated to Italian wines. From today it'll be more like 33.3%, as I continue to bring wines from all over the world into my tasting history.


I found myself amongst the pressing throng of the...cheese festival. All roads into Gex, bar one, were shut down for the benefit of the 2 table exhibition of one of, as it turned out, my least favourite blue cheeses EVA. If you do ever find yourself in , you're probably lost.
I began thinking about the next wines to appear on the blog, and after careful consideration opted for wines I already owned that were pretty similarly priced. Photo above...Not neither.
. Chateau Gloria 1995, Cesare 2003, Chateau - 2003 and from the new world (fan fare, toot toot ) Ridge California Springs 2005 a mostly Zinfandel wine with some...and playing wing men. drinking...

- £25 expected, not giving off a lot of fruit, it felt closed down. Finish was average. Clear quality but the lack of the nose and the palate is telling. 86 Points

Cesare 2003 - - £30 nose plus a smattering of floral notes. On the palate the wine is still quite but balances with the acidity. Superb mid palate of violets and sweet spices. Long pleasing finish that tad too hot but didn't take away from my enjoyment of the wine. 91 Points

- Sauternes 2003 - - £20 and custard. A mid bodied wine with good extreme sweetness, nice length to the finish. Good bargain Sauternes. Turned to sickly quickly but that is a 75cl you see above. 90 Points

Springs 2005 - - £20 the Ridge California Spring would fool no one in a blind contest, maybe we have some Petite...here but this is true blue Zinfandel USA. , Berry nose for weeks with a touch of spice too. Mouth big on the palate, heavy on the mid palate the wine is super well structured, 14% alcohol not a problem. 92 Points

situation. For drinking today? The worst wine of the 4.
Cesare...Those with a sweet tooth will enjoy Cakes and Sauternes. That's it Gals and Pals and by , it's good to be home.

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