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JPOC's wine guide
Recent years have seen a big change in the wine available in the shops in Western Europe. Even as little as five years ago, there was a lot of really bad wine at the botom of the market. Now, it is normal to find that even the very cheapest wines are quite drinkable.
One reason for this is that there is now a lot more knowledge about how to make decent wine. Much of the credit for that goes to the wineries of the US. Another reason is the continuing growth of trade. Good but inexpensive wine from many new countries is now available. Of course, that does not mean that there is no bad wine on the market. Here at jpoc towers, we are still forced to pour some bottles away as being so bad that they are certainly undrinkable and perhaps even not safe to use in cooking. The most recent was some really filthy Sangria from Marktkauf but at two marks and change for one and a half litres who's counting? On these pages, I write about the wines that we are buying and drinking now. I hope that you find the information interesting. I recently raided my cellar and came up with a selection of Red Bordeaux from the mid nineties. I'm steadily working my way through these. The wine here is rated on a scale of one to ten for quality and -10 to +10 for value. If you want to see morre about this, read the rating page. |
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