It pains me to say it, but cameraman buys his wines from Waitrose, not me. To add salt to the wound he dragged me down there to show me the two wines he loves: A Lugana from the shores of Lake Garda in Italy and a fine red Rhone, St Joseph (which is currently on [...]
Tags: Henry Butler, Italian White, Lugana, Rustenberg Wines, South Africa Wines, Waitrose Wines, Wine choice, Wines of the Rhone
Ok: A sommelier is basically a wine waiter. They will help you choose the right wine for the right price. There’s more to it than that of course: cellar management, creating the wine lists…but all you need to know is they will pair your food with wine if you ask them. Laura Rhys knows this [...]
Tags: Food and Leisure Career, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, Laura Rhys, Ordering Wine, Restaurant Wine, UK Sommelier of the Year, Wine in the UK
Time for a tasting with the genial Jean Yves, wine specialist from Waitrose Brighton. We’re trying our top tip from the whites Waitrose have put forward for Comic Relief. 10% of all sales of certain wines go back to the charity and the list includes this fabulous Pinot Gris from Wither Hills New Zealand. Worth [...]
Tags: Brighton, Comic Relief, Henry Butler, Jancis Robinson, March 18th, New Zealand Wine, Pinot Gris, Red Nose Day, Waitrose Wines, Wine Relief
Here’s me doing my bit for Comic Relief: going to review wine at a supermarket! To be fair it’s Waitrose, who have a great selection and treat their producers well. They put a lot into wine education, have their own Masters of Wine and have even planted their own English Vineyard at Leckford. 10% of [...]
Tags: Brighton, Comic Relief, Henry Butler, Jancis Robinson, sparkling wine, Waitrose Wines, Wine Relief
Unsurprisingly when they found out we were off to meet World Sommelier Gerard Basset, those in the know wanted to know who the top-drawer UK hotel chain, Hotel Du Vin came to be. You see, Basset was a founder. He talks about his experience at the hotel Chewton Glen where he was sommelier, and worked [...]
Tags: Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel du Vin, Hotel Industry, Wine and Hotels
Before we set off to Hotel TerraVina we asked if you the viewer had any questions for the big man, Gerard Basset. Thank you to both of you, here are your questions answered. Find out: Which grape variety, country and producer Msr. Basset has his eye on. What he sees as the difference between a [...]
Tags: Argentinian wine, Expensive wine, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, Les Mirabelles restaurant, Malbec, Napa Valley, Wine questions
The World Sommelier Gerard Basset explains how you can approach wine and improve your drinking experience. When you start drinking wine, you tend to like bigger, obvious flavours, so work on trying to describe different, more complex wines. Try getting wines from places you don’t normally buy from – like Austria, Hungary or grapes you [...]
Tags: Buying wine, Gerard Basset, Henry Butler, Hotel TerraVina, Wine Glasses, Wine tasting
