TheGrapeJockey
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@ I've just read all three when touring the Far East. Apparently he had a fourth book unfinished, dammit. Great reads, 1 and all.
6:30 AM Nov 30th
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in reply to lizinindia
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@ It's Coldfield, but I know what you mean!
6:29 AM Nov 30th
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Blue-haze, clearing morning. Airport-bound and peeky-feeling. Goodbye Shanghai.
5:04 PM Nov 20th
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6 degrees, grey and drizzle in Shanghai. Taxi driver appears to have consumption and thinks he's Schuey.
8:09 PM Nov 18th
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9 degrees - plus wind chill - in Hong Kong this morning. Been warmer on Eastbourne seafront in January.
7:20 PM Nov 17th
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Hideous flight to Singapore: 12.5 hours withs numb catflap. Now stormy and pouring, dammit.
12:58 AM Nov 5th
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Just back from Burgundy. Those '08s are fab: whites like richer '04s; reds crisp, pure, with cellaring structure. Pinot haunts my dreams...
12:38 PM Oct 30th
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Brilliant morning sunlight burning off the mist to reveal a pale blue autumn sky. It's cool, though, and the leaves are turning...
12:41 AM Sep 29th
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Making tarka dhal: like normal dhal, but 'otter.
11:02 AM Sep 18th
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Survived Chile and, more recently (and much more fun), Wines of Argentina at Lord's. I feel an Argentine offer coming on. Lots of loveliness
8:46 AM Sep 17th
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On a train to London for to taste the new Spinetta wines, then hundreds of Chileans. Hoping to get through it alive...
12:53 AM Sep 9th
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Brachetto d'Acqui on the latest Daily Drinker ( mailing: like strawberry rain falling in a prize winning rose garden
4:58 AM Aug 25th
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@ Ref your Muscadet post...when we finally catch up in Blighty, I'll bring along some fine liquid of the 1995 vintage:yes, Muscadet
6:27 AM Aug 18th
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in reply to Bllewelyn
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Rains in Wiltshire all summer; Scottish rivers low and fishless when I arrive to tempt a salmon. Is my enjoyment of wine angering the Lord?!
9:13 AM Aug 17th
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1995 Batailley: dense, rich, very claretty (in an old fashioned sort of way). Filling. Graphite and solid blackcurrant. A wine for lando
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1:38 PM Aug 7th
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Celebrating another pissant (literally) day with sweet pink fizz and Malaysian fish curry; surely a fattening mixture, if ever there was one
12:15 PM Aug 4th
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Sky clearing after a day of rain with a storm core. Thunder rattling the windows; lightning blinking on my PC screen. Potter film last night
12:07 PM Jul 17th
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er than Pieterson.
10:28 AM Jul 9th
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Just back from the Definitive Italian Tasting at Lords Cricket Ground. Score? 55 not out i.e. 55 wines tasted and still conscious. Makes
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10:27 AM Jul 9th
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Victoria's attempting to explain "bandwagon" to Joseph, age: 3. I knew all was lost when she employed the word "metaphorical".
11:20 AM Jul 8th
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- Name Caspar Bowes
- Location Wiltshire
- Web http://www.bowesw...
- Bio A wine-based life-form bringing vinous joy to the privileged few
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