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Alsace Pinot Noir, Kuentz-Bas Collection 2005 review

Posted on September 7, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… will help you avoid meting out acts of equine violence should you be confronted with the prospect of a Pinot Noir Twitter shindig

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Allegrini Valpolicella review

Posted on August 10, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is a happy wine. And the perfect stimulus for a collaborative essay about contemporary art

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Marques de Caceres Rioja Blanco review

Posted on July 25, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… conspicuously lacks the dance, the verve, the pizzazz — in both its label and, alas, its taste

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Potel Aviron Moulin-a-Vent 2005 review

Posted on June 28, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… triumphantly reminds us that the word ‘fruity’ actually refers to real, honest fruit — not the synthetic sugar-water peddled by oily bell-ends in ugly suits

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English Bacchus Reserve, Chapel Down

Posted on June 21, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… will give you a subtly blossomed English caress — but perhaps leave you dreaming of ecstatic frenzy and phallic symbolism

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Momo Pinot Noir 2008, Marlborough review

Posted on April 11, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… is stuffed with more fruit that a small child at a pick-your-own fruit farm. But matures a hell of a lot more quickly

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Le Fraghe 2009, Bardolino Review

Posted on March 15, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… will light up all the buzzers on the pinball table of your palate. For under a tenner.

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Palataia Pinot Noir 2009 Review

Posted on March 7, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… won’t blast you with fruit & veg like some crazed pyromaniac greengrocer. No; it’s lean, discrete, introverted. And in disguise.

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Tor del Colle Riserva 2006, Montepulciano

Posted on March 3, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… will tantalise you with an all-too-fleeting whiff of bubblegum before becoming thoroughly reasonable, easy and — perhaps — a bit less racy than its Nakedness might have you wish for

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Burgo Viejo Rioja Tinto, Naked Wines

Posted on February 24, 2011January 4, 2019by Old Parn

… a Naked wine that’s like silk wrapped around a slightly splintery wooden post. Does that sound sexy to you? Eh?

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