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What We've Been Drinking
Notes from the cellar. The wines and spirits we have been drinking, pouring and talking about, honest, unhurried, and always in good company.
Champagne
An evening with Dom Pérignon 1996
Thirty years on, a legendary vintage that still has everything to say. We pulled a bottle on a quiet Thursday, and it stopped the room.
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Northern Rhône
Chave Hermitage, and the patience of magnums
Why the large format rewards those who wait, and what 2009 is doing right now in the glass.
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From the cellar
Three Burgundies for a long table
Not the trophies, but the bottles that actually made the night. A red, a white, and one surprise.
Journal · Cellar KeyMore notes to come, in good time and good company.