Hamilton Russell was the first winery in the area, the eponymous owner was looking for land and was attracted by the cooler climate. A risky move back in the 1970s as the vineyards had no quota for wine making under the then restrictive rules and so winemaking was technically illegal. Havin...
Hamilton Russell 2003: The One That Got Away Last night a friend and I cracked open my last remaining bottle of Hamilton Russell Chardonnay from the 2003 vintage. Its team-mates had been polished off during their glory years quite a while ago. This was the one that had got away. Having ...
Jeff Hamilton #211 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Lovely Anders Treiberg #257 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Wes and family. Thank you for your tour of your winery and for the tasting back in 2011. Being from BC we were a bit biased against Ontario wines. Wes, you changed our mind. We drank ...
Hamilton. It’s an interesting article — click on the link to read it. The idea, of course, is that wine prices have been falling, so this is an opportunity to buy in at the market bottom. “It’s a great time to buy wine, the best time in a decade,” said Charles Curtis, ...
Anthea Hamilton’s work combines surrealism, comedy and uncompromising sexual imagery and she is one of the winners of the 2016 Turner Prize. Yes, that is a giant butt. Coincidentally, the exhibit is next to this seedy pub called A Hole In The Wall. Yes, that is a giant butt. Need I...
Jeff Hamilton #211 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Lovely Anders Treiberg #257 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Wes and family. Thank you for your tour of your winery and for the tasting back in 2011. Being from BC we were a bit biased against Ontario wines. Wes, you changed our mind. We drank ...
Jeff Hamilton #211 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Lovely Anders Treiberg #257 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Wes and family. Thank you for your tour of your winery and for the tasting back in 2011. Being from BC we were a bit biased against Ontario wines. Wes, you changed our mind. We drank ...
Sometimes it pays to be a social media geek: thanks to some frenetic iPhone typing from the five-star Qualia resort in Hamilton Island, Gosstronomy was the first to break the news on Twitter. The next day, I had the extra-special privilege of having some face-to-face time with Gilmore...
Asda press tasting today was well attended. I bumped into Tim Atkin, Victoria Moore, Anthony Rose, Joanna Simon, Malcolm Gluck and Julia Harding. Also present (bizarrely) were Christine and Neil Hamilton. I was surprised just how drinkable Asda's half-dozen sub £3 wines were. I thought...