A wine notebook, kept slowly
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3,553 wines, 206 posts, 182 events. Still going, slowly.
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Tuesday 14 July at 18:30 · Lo Kyiv
A warm-evening tasting with one rule: everything comes out of the ice bucket, even the bottles you would never normally think to chill. Poured blind, so the labels stay hidden, but expect light, refreshment-first pours that reward an open mind, a couple of gentle provocations along the way, and a sparkling send-off right at the end.
- 013.8
Patrick Bouju
Festejar! Rosé 2023
5 Jul · @Kyiv Oblast · by Boris
- 024.0
Ktima Ligas
Yomatari 2024
5 Jul · @Kyiv Oblast · by Boris
- 034.0
Isolabella della Croce
Le Marne 2018
5 Jul · by Boris
- 044.3
David Fletcher
Barbaresco Recta Pete 2021
5 Jul · by Boris
- 054.1
Cantina Produttori Nebbiolo di Carema
Carema 2020
5 Jul · @Kyiv Oblast · by Boris
- 064.0
Patrick Sullivan
Gippsland Pinot Noir 2022
5 Jul · @Kyiv Oblast · by Boris
- 074.3
Dario Prinčič
Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
5 Jul · @Kyiv Oblast · by Boris
- 084.3
Comm. G.B. Burlotto
Barolo Half 2021
4 Jul · @Home · 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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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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Six Nebbiolos blind at the Nebbiolo Embassy
11 May 2026
Alessio's tasting at Lo - six 10-year-old Nebbiolos blind across Barolo, Barbaresco, Alto Piemonte, and Valtellina, plus a welcome Pelaverga to start.
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Dard et Ribo, hotdogs, and 96% pharmacy ethanol
6 May 2026
Six Dard et Ribo bottles from Maksym's France trips, a blind Ulysse Collin and a Pierre Gonon thrown in for contrast, plus a portable mangal that taught us pharmacy ethanol works fine as charcoal starter.
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