I’m too nervous about the election to write on my blog although it has been a full and fun wine week. I have never seen so many Masters of Wine in the same room as I did at Wednesday’s Young Lions Seminar moderated by Serena Sutcliff, MW and attended by Jancis Robinson, Mary Ewing Mulligan and Ed McCarthy as well as Lisa Granick. I saw other MW candidates that I know as well. The wines were an impressive list from Spain’s Pingus to Palacio, Italy’s Antinori, Tenuta Ornellaia and Masi wineries as well as Bodega Noemia (Argiano) from Argentina and French winemakers from Roederer and Domaine Dumac. I must say that the tasting reminded me that there are good wines and even great wines and then there are wines that are a cut above that. These were truly spectacular. More to come on the wines later. Balance and harmony were the key factors in all of the wines. Truly appealing afternoon.
Happy Halloween. Got to go get my Palin costume on, you betcha…