When we taste wine, so much of what we think we know comes from our eyes: “it’s white so it will taste of grass and melons”, or “it’s red so it will taste of berries and leather.” Take that sense away and it really frees you up – like Luke Skywalker using the force to [...]
Tags: Blind-tasting, Henry Butler, Wine
All three wines for the blind tasting were from Austria. The perception of Austrian wines is still tied to Blue Nun and Black Label – those sweet Germanic wines that have given the region a bad wrap. However, for wines to go with food, you’d be hard pushed to find varieties more interesting. White wine [...]
Tags: Blind-tasting, Henry Butler, Wine
This was one of our first test programmes when we went to Henry’s shop up in Hanover in Brighton to watch him in action with some locals who’d come to compare Merlot and Cabernet grapes a a wine tasting night. It was Henry’s first time in front of the camera, and we had to be [...]
Tags: Cabernet, France, Henry Butler, Merlot, Red wine
As part of our first tasting night, Henry bought out a blended wine called Max – part of a trend amongst young south african growers to produce a little of something different and interesting, than mass produce something boring.
Tags: Boutique-wine, Henry Butler, Red wine, South-Africa
As part of our first wine tasting on camera, Henry introduces a bunch of Brighton novices to the Cabernet Sauvignon grape – he explains what it should taste like, and more importantly, what it shouldn’t!
Tags: France, Henry Butler, La Forge, Red wine
As part of our first wine tasting night with the camera, Henry talks about a vineyard in the Languedoc region where land prices are a little cheaper than elsewhere in France – hence young bucks with an idea can experiment a bit more with what they produce. Helpfully, Henry uses a guest as a relief [...]
Tags: France, Henry Butler, La Forge, Merlot, Red wine
