Just at the end of day one at the Square Meal Events annual show and we are half way through our six master classes entitled Fizz for Events. What a fabulous fabulous day, not only have each of the Master classes been over subscribed, but the reaction for all that attended has been so encouraging. Our [...]
Agence France-Presse (AFP) – Gerard Liger-Belair lives in a bubble, and he doesn’t care who knows it. Bubbles are his passion. And they have given the 41-year-old French scientist arguably the best job in all of physics. In a lab supplied with top-notch champagne, Liger-Belair delves into the secrets of fizz: What gives this legendary [...]
Hello everyone, I’m back from my usual summer sojourn down to the South of France and had a mo to drop a mucker a note to esquire if he enjoyed trying the André Roger Champagne, the Vielles Vignes, that I sent him down to quench the thirsty work of watching The Games and cheering our [...]
So here we go then – these are my thoughts on the champagnes… Moet 1911 Although I’m a fan of Champagne at almost any age, I was taken by the quality of the 1911. It possessed what most people would consider a fatal flaw: no bubbles. I enjoyed notes of ginger, honey and apple as [...]
If you are invited to a connoisseur’s dinner party you will need to answer this terrible question: What is the best wine you have ever tasted? I had the fantastic opportunity to host an event last week tasting some of the best wines ever produced during the last century. We were blessed to taste superb [...]
By Terry Kirby – The Independent – Sunday 1st April 2012 “Champagne André Roger Brut Traditional Grand Cru NV An absolutely top-notch Grand Cru champagne from this relatively small producer, still in the same family hands and made from mainly Pinot grapes with a small amount of Chardonnay. This is a big, rich [...]
By Jack Scott G’day to my small handful of Blog readers including the dazzlingly gorgeous Jo who I met at our January Warehouse Sale on Saturday….Jo, now we’ve met, I am going to write with rejuvenated vigour and hope to amuse you….oh, and you, too. Saturday went well although it did hurt to watch our [...]
By Bert Gilbert Jacko and his nine Jascoteers set out from St Pancras on a cold January morning. Powering under the channel on the Eurostar we arrived in Paris two hours later. After some dilly-dally at Gard du Nord we hired our carriages and made a beeline for the Grand cru village of Aÿ, passing [...]
Jascots annual fine wine warehouse sale is almost upon us with incredible deals on all our fine wine with at least 20% off and up to a whopping 50%off! But remember the sale is strictly limited to attendees only! So SAVE the date & we look forward to seeing you there! JASCOTS’ ONLY WAREHOUSE SALE! [...]
Christmas 2011 was a fabulous affair with my lovely wife dispatching an 18 lb Turkey to the table with all the trimmings for 17 of us to get stuck in to. Marvelous! We had done Church and a long walk, drained 3 Magnums of Roger’s Grand Cru Tradition so the mid-afternoon marathon feast prior to The Downton Abbey Christmas [...]