Late May and a well deserved holiday for me and the missus. So we left gardening chores to be done next weekend and took the train to London.
You can read about our exploits over coming weeks as I write up the notes. In the meantime I would just like to say thank you to the Park Plaza County Hall Hotel who looked after us superbly well and even treated us for Fred’s birthday with a complimentary platter fit for any wino. Thanks guys….
Purely in the name of research, you understand, I’ve been sampling a range of Pinot Noirs from different corners of the globe. I say “corners” because I am still not sure that Magellan got it right. The Earth is about as round as an American Football, otherwise where does Everest come into the picture – surely it’s more than Mother Earth’s nipple? And imagine what the “globe” might look like without the levelling effect of billions of gallons of briny ocean.
Reading, Berkshire, is an oenological corner of the UK that has cornered the market in bizarre Pinot Noirs including this one, courtesy of the Sunday Times Wine Club and via Reading from a far away corner of Europe known as Moldova. Described as “Burgundy rivalling” by the STWC, I am not sure which corners of Burgundy they are talking about – presumably the darkest and dingiest ones. There is a warning on the page that provides a clue.
Dark ruby colour (much deeper than Burgundy!)
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