The confluence of aesthetic principles and undergraduate pretension? Jameson’s Irish Whiskey, apparently. God knows why; I suppose you’ll have to read my Booze of the Week to find out.
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Cellophanity, Putin-pleasuring and Pinot Gris
A significant portion of which is devoted to a spirited ‘crie de coeur’ on the subject of ready meal packaging, and most of the rest of which contemplates distasteful sexual activities practised upon Russian politicians. I’m up-front about this stuff, y’know.
A Pinotage that’s all fruit and curves and perpetual smiling
Manley Estate’s Pinotage is all fruit and soft curves and perpetual smiling — and I can’t help wishing it’d make me work a bit harder
A Csárdás in a glass — Hilltop Hungarian White
… is a tantalising, gob-watering Csárdás of a wine that lobs a grenade of tropicality — mandarins, lychees, peaches, the kinds of fruits that ooze when you squidge them — that follows up with an aftershock of dry, icy citrus
Guest post: The Ubiquity Of Fizz
In which Old Parn’s first guest blogger, Elly Tams, has her knickers charmed off by Prosecco
Battery Chardonnay or Jane Austen Chardonnay?
… may not possess Austen-esque poise, but it has manners, and doesn’t overwhelm and disgust you with noxious belching
Pedro Ximenez Don Marcelo Jerez review
… is delicious, extraordinary and quite goddamn sexy. Even if it *does* taste of raisins. Because wrinkles can be sexy, too.
Bonterra Chardonnay 2009 review
… is the kind of wine that probably wouldn’t mind holding onto your parcels for a day or two