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This has been a long time in coming but after almost 400 posts the content on here has been moved to:
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I will continue to write when I can, about what I want, but all new posts will be on 194kpr.com!

This dinner ten days ago was one I had been massively looking forward to. I love the wines from The Tardieu family.
28-50 Fetter Lane did a really great job of hosting the dinner, efficient but understated service and cracking food - menu below!
You can see some other Tardieu-Laurent posts that show the range of the wines. This family firm with father and son team of Michel and Bastien at the helm on the wine side just do a great job. They work with, often in the vineyard as well as cellar,...

There is a sort of sibling feeling to this particular evening in the form of this - Brunate - Le Coste vertical. In reality this tasting was planned first and the other evening queue barged. We were 8 people, Eric (who had done all the hard work) myself...

Back in May I made the annual trip to see Roberto Conterno and taste the new releases at Cantina Giacomo Conterno along with a few other wines (I love my job) you can read about that trip HERE.
One of the things we discussed with Roberto and his, ever helpful, assistant Stephanie was getting them over to London, this we finalised while we were out there, setting dates for July. They had a very busy time while they were here and I have briefly...