Postcard: London

August 25, 2014

Postcard: London

While the English summer has finished a few weeks early this year (damn), it is a pleasure to be back in the UK. 
Yesterday I fought the throngs of kids drinking long necks of Stella (en route to the Notting Hill carnival) to have lunch at the fabulous Launceston Place in Kensington, where the food and service was exemplary, everything capped off by a killer cheese trolley. 
I love cheese trolleys.
For drinks we had the linear and super fresh – if boringly neutral – Gusbourne Estate Blanc de Blancs 2009, which could really have done with more lees/barrel work to build enough weight to compete with that sky-high natural acidity.
Following that was a delicious Daniel Rion Vosne Romanee 2010, which was just a silky mouthful of red fruit deliciousness – near perfect for a village level Vosne. I could have smashed a bottle (or three) on my own.
Today I’m off to the beautiful Val d’Elsa for 4 days of Tuscan sunshine *whistles it’s a hard knock life*.

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    At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say, I discovered wine, and my life evolved with a unique dual focus - wine and environment.

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