A wine notebook, kept slowly
I'm Boris. This is my wine notebook - notes, events, and the people I drink with.
You're welcome to read along, or to keep a notebook of your own under the same roof.
3,590 wines, 208 posts, 184 events. Still going, slowly.
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Gérard Bertrand
Papilou Pétillant Naturel 2021
18 Jul · by Boris
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Lo Sparviere
Satèn · NV
18 Jul · by Boris
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Laurent-Perrier
La Cuvée · NV
18 Jul · by Boris
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Domaine de la Taille Aux Loups
Montlouis sur Loire Clos du Hochet 2022
18 Jul · by Boris
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Ricasoli
Torricella 2018
18 Jul · by Boris
- 063.6
Recanati
Reserve Chardonnay 2021
18 Jul · by Boris
- 073.8
Patrick Bouju
Festejar! Rosé 2023
18 Jul · by Boris
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Grattamacco
Vermentino 2022
18 Jul · by Boris
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QPR, rebuilt: finding wines worth buying
Why the old quality-price ratio lied about both the cheapest and the greatest bottles, what wine economists do instead, and how the new QPR works.
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Serve It Cold
14 Jul 2026
Everything out of the ice bucket, poured blind: chilled reds, a Trousseau twin test under two passports, an oxidative Rioja white on ice, and Bouzy brut nature to finish.
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Atlantic Whites: Galicia to the Minho
7 Jul 2026
Eight whites poured blind along the Atlantic fringe of Iberia - granite Galicia to the Minho and the Douro, with a volcanic detour and a slow-motion Rioja ringer.
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Norm Wines Vol. 5
16 Jun 2026
Buyable bottles that overdeliver, running the full colour wheel from grower Champagne to sweet Madeira.
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Bérêche i p'ješ: Issue #2
10 Jun 2026
Nine bottles, eight of them from the Bérêche family universe - three labels out of one cellar in Ludes, three still Coteaux Champenois along the way, Aÿ Grand Cru 2016 as the summit - plus a bonus from young Taissy grower Jules Brochet.
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Mythopia, recalibrated
22 May 2026
Ten Mythopia bottles back to back at Lo, organised by Serhii Braha and Sabotage Wines - the inconsistency on display, the recent wins doing the convincing. Plus a bonus Champagne to close.
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Mix Italiano - hotdogs and a tour of the boot
19 May 2026
Italian-only night at Lo, opened with col fondo, hotdogs from the mangal on the street, and a lineup that crossed from Valdobbiadene to Etna with a thirteen-year Montebuono pair in the middle.
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