Author Archives: Matthew Hayes

Well, we’re off…another vintage of Bordeaux being offered to the trade, its clients and its clients’ clients. The first offers are in the in-box and there may soon be some big names, even tomorrow apparently. A short, sharp campaign is … Continue reading →

Out and about this week in the Hautes Côtes de Beaune and the Hautes Côtes de Nuits. Backwater bridge biuilding and some quite amazing rapport-qualité prix. Beaune Premier Cru Les Aigrots at 19 euros anyone? The vines are three weeks … Continue reading →

I was looking to see who were the official importers of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti into Ireland. “For a friend”, so to speak. I could not but find the first and last most common “people also ask” deeply ironic. The … Continue reading →

I can’t say this did much to lift my spirits or assuage my chagrin. But it is manifestly a very great wine, a fitting tribute to my departed friend. I had in fact tasted this before – blind and un-recognizable … Continue reading →

I have been ruminating the resucitation of my legless blog for some time, and I’d have liked to start on a more positive note, but this is a rather grim day. Duplo, sixteen just yesterday has to all intents and … Continue reading →

A most excellent edition of the BBC’s Desert Island Disks this morning, with Jeremy Bowen, along with J ohn Simpson o ne of the great foreeing correspondents. And his Desert Island Book? Something I can adhere to, the work of … Continue reading →

Well, yet another dry January draws to a close…thirty days off the juice and just a single day to complete the month. What an odd state of affairs, this has all been so easy I am tempted to keep on … Continue reading →

Well, if you doubted the sincerity and validity of the upcoming referendums in Eastern Ukraine, just take a look at this prospective voting bulletin. You couldn’t make it up…

Although the British may be vicitim of some strange, hybrid confusion with centimetres, inches, kilos and ounces, a hard drive to re-convert to Imperial standards surely flies in the face of progress and reality. Everyone know that 8oz of buttter … Continue reading →