New Year's Eve wine and Dry January

I am not a big fan of bubbles so this year hubby and I decided to buy a good (or two) bottle of white to welcome 2014. As it happened that we were in Wimbledon we went to the local wine merchant and here is what we got.

Bandol - this was a curious one, strangely oily to start and very soft to finish. It was a good one but at a price of £32 I may not be buying it again and frankly I know many better wines for less than that. I love Bandol rose and for now it will remain my favourite Bandol. Eventhough I will try to find Bandol white again just to see if it might be a better one just to make the final judgement on it.

The other Sicilian Gruali was a beautiful one, straw color, rich - I absolutely loved this one and will happily buy it again, even for £20. However this will need to wait for a while, at least until February as hubby and I signed up to Dry January so no alcohol for us for 31 days! Bring it on!

Happy New Year!

Bank Holiday weekend wine discovery

It's the weekend and it's bank holiday weekend! Hurrah:) and I am drinking good stuff! It is incredibly exciting to discover a new grape, new wine which turns up to be amazing:) We went on a stroll down King's Road and reached World's End when you can find Vivienne Westwood boutique shop with a big clock going very fast anticlockwise and next to it there is a wine shop Blanco & Gomez where the wine was discovered, wine merchant's website

Godello is a grape from the north of Spain, the wine is very elegant almost creamy but also have a slightly mineral note. Disadvantage as always the same - it's almost £30 but then again you only live once;)


Happy Bank Holiday!