Gruner Veltliner

Just had an eager press release – text is below, more (in German) on the website here – about how the Austrians have brought in a new category of wine, Weinviertel DAC Reserve. The announcement that a region that hardly anyone has heard of now has both normal and reserve […]

Two-tiered DACs – what are they, and should we give ...

March 3, 2010 by Simon

Really enjoyed this quartet of very different whites Felsner Moosburgerin Grüner Veltliner 2008, Kremstal, Austria (£9.49 Waitrose) Clean, tangy peppery style, nice mix of lime and grapefruit tang with an earthier weightier core, also some pebbly/minerally character, fresh vibrant finish. S(-) Duca di Castelmonte Gibele Zibibbo Secco 2008, Sicily, Italy […]

Grüner Veltliner, Sicilian Muscat, Cape Chenin and a tasty Friulian ...

January 15, 2010 by Simon

Mixed emotions chez Woods this evening. At approximately 6pm, our hamster Smudge trotted off to the great trundle wheel in the sky. She seems to have gone out on a high after having had an energetic work out in her plastic orb in the company of five rather rowdy children. […]

Good cork, bad cork, bye-bye hamster

August 12, 2009 by Simon

Anyone else have to delay their evening meal because of this afternoon’s tennis? And while we’re on the tennis – and I’m not trying to take anything away from the achievements of Roger the Dodger – did anyone get to a stage in that final set where they just wanted […]