Today at the weekly wine tasting at Hope Valley Bottle Shop centred around the wines of Laurent Miquel. Laurent left his engineering background in 1996 in order to pursue his father’s passion for winemaking. His vineyards are all located in the Languedoc region of southern France. The first pour of the day was the 2011 …
Tag: viewpoint
Aug 10 2012
Jason Derulo – Future History review
Jason Derülo is one of several artists that I would classify as “easy hip-hop,” meaning that it isn’t as rugged as a lot of the rappers out there, but isn’t as mellow as “easy listening.” Having enjoyed his first, self-titled, album, I was excited to hear that he was releasing some new tracks on an …
Aug 04 2012
Wine tasting review – 04 August 2012
At the Saturday tasting today, the wines were all in the 90+ point category, so it made for some great choices! Four of the wines were from the West Coast of the United States (three from California and one from Washington), and one was from Argentina. I didn’t leave with any of them today, but …
Thought for the Moment
