http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:57:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_94" align="alignleft" width="282" caption="Chateau Musar"][/caption] Chateau Musar is a wine with which we have had a very long relationship. The wine was created with the passion of Gaston Hochar in 1930. His love of French wine and his studies in Bordeaux were brought over to the unique terroir of his ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=93 [caption id="attachment_98" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Kasteel Cru Rose"][/caption] Being a great lover of Kasteel Cru (we used to buy it by the pallet load) I was surprised to have only just found out about the rose beer. Kasteel Cru Rose is made the same way as the regular Kasteel Cru. Using champagne ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=89 [caption id="attachment_103" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Kasteel Cru"][/caption] Brought into the bar a couple of years back, the beer gave me a new found interest in beer. With its wine credentials, the beer fitted Gales like a glove. Although using champagne yeast and being from Alsace sounds like it going to be a gimmick, ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=85     [caption id="attachment_83" align="alignleft" width="76" caption="Taltarni T Series Sparkling"][/caption] When the offer of buying this wine from one of our suppliers arose, Richard experienced a real blast from the past. Taltarni made the Brut Taché with we stocked in the very early days of the Wine Bar.   This is their entry level sparkling, ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=82 [caption id="attachment_79" align="alignleft" width="276" caption="Taltarni Brut Tache"][/caption] In its native Australia, Taltarni is a household name, famous for its high quality sparking wine. The Brut Taché, a wine we used to stock way back in the bar, is a class leader. Taché is French for 'stained' and refers to ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=78     [caption id="attachment_70" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Prima Riesling"][/caption] A new wine from the long heritage of Riesling from Pewsey Vale. An early harvest wine, the grapes are picked 4 weeks before the rest of the vineyard when the sugar levels are just right. The wine created can be described as semi dry. An ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=69   [caption id="attachment_64" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Riesling"][/caption] The first vineyard planted in Eden Valley, Pewsey Vale, is situated above the Barrosa in a cooler climate, ideal for a greater ripening. Planted in 1841 it truly was ahead of its time, many a grape was tried out there with the ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=62 I visited Portugal and was lucky enough to be the guest of Ramos Pinto in 2005. [caption id="attachment_52" align="alignnone" width="614" caption="My friends and I above Bom Retiro"][/caption] I, and an intrepid gang of wine industry friends, explored all four of the vineyards owned by Ramos and saw the port lodge ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=51 [caption id="attachment_48" align="alignleft" width="154" caption="Ramos Pinto Dry White Port"][/caption] Dry white is not the best name for this as it is not dry, only when compared to other white ports in Ramos' range does this appear dry. Served cold this wine is the prefect summer aperitif and gets any dinner ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=47 [caption id="attachment_44" align="alignleft" width="102" caption="Ramos Pinto Late Bottled Vintage"][/caption] Late bottled vintage, or LBV as it’s usually called, is a ruby port which only contains grapes from the best years aged in oak for 4 or 5 years, then bottled. This LBV is unfiltered for the biggest fruit flavour available ... http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/?p=43 http://www.galesofllangollen.co.uk/galeswine/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/musar-group.jpg