
2016 Southern Rhones and dumb phase – Clos Saint-Antonin Cotes du Rhone




Back in September I held a tasting of top Grenache wines taken from my collection. The lineup consisted of many that I regard benchmark examples of the variety and a few that I have never tasted before. Continue reading

Such an enjoyable and reliable chardonnay. I liked all vintages I’ve tried so far and the 2018 delivers again.


South African Cinsault in Old World mode. Being Hungarian, to me this looks like a Mediterranean version of our Kadarka wines – a pale, light red that’s easy to drink and love.

When the Languedoc delivers, it’s hard to beat. Continue reading

I find it a bit confusing that besides many sweet and dry white styles Tokaj producers started to make sparklings in recent years as well. Nevertheless this example from Péter Pince is quite convincing…