A wine notebook, kept slowly
I'm Boris. This is my wine notebook - notes, events, and the people I drink with.
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3,687 wines, 210 posts, 186 events. Still going, slowly.
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Wednesday 9 September at 18:30 · Lo Kyiv
One wine, five years in a row. Matassa Rouge is Tom Lubbe's old-vine Carignan from the schist above Calce, low alcohol, picked early, made with as little as possible.
Last spring we ran Cuvée Romanissa through the years and watched it change shape from 2006 to 2023. Now it is the turn of their other red. Five consecutive vintages of Rouge, 2019 to 2023, poured oldest to youngest, to see what five very different years did to the same vines.
A couple of extra glasses will show up along the way. What they are is my business until they are in your glass.
Light reds, low alcohol, high energy. Wednesday night, easy on the wallet.
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Rennersistas
Waiting for Tom Weiss 2021
2 Sept · @Fabbrica (IF) · by Boris
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Domaine de la Taille Aux Loups
Bretonniere Cuvée Parcellaire Monopole 2022
1 Sept · @Home · by Boris
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Pere Llopart
Panoramic Imperial Brut 2021
26 Aug · @WineTime · by Boris
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Beykush
Lerici Al Mar Nero 2023
26 Aug · @WineTime · by Boris
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Paraschos
Ponka 2021
26 Aug · @WineTime · by Boris
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Poll-Fabaire
Cuvée Rosé · NV
26 Aug · @WineTime · by Boris
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Cielo e Terra
De' Conti Appassimento Lieve 2024
26 Aug · @WineTime · by Boris
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Lunadoro
Quercione Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 2015
26 Aug · @WineTime · by Boris
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Charity Mix
A ten-bottle charity mix - almost all donated by pan Andrii - poured to raise money for drones for pan Oleksandr.
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Touching a Legend
11 Aug 2026
Seven vintages of La Stoppa Ageno, from the current 2022 back to a 2005 from the Emilia IGT era, with a Nicola Gatta Molener to open.
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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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