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Day 45 – Tay Road Bridge
Leaving Dundee, so a 2km walk above the Silvery Tay. The walkway/cycle path runs between the two dual carriageways, and is accessed by going up a level from the ground below.
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Day 43 – Invergowrie
Jeff Carrel Fitou la Tyre 2018. There’s a fair bit of Jeff Carrel hype among the bigger French online merchants. I fell for it about three years ago and bought a mixed dozen.
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Day 41 – Dunsinane
Le Pigeoulet 2017. I love this wine, made by the Bruniers of Vieux Télégraphe fame. It’s 80% Grenache with little bits of the other usual Rhone suspects thrown in and has a juicy, fresh, fruity feel.
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Day 41 – Dunsinane Hill
A detour for Will…
My friend Will – who lives a few miles from me in Stratford – asked me to detour here and do a little research for some kind of book he is writing.
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Day 40 – Markethill
One of the hazards of wearing a longish beard is the number of folk who feel the need to point out your resemblance to another random bearded person in an amusing and original fashion.
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Day 39 – Rosemount
Bruno Sorg Pinot Gris Vieilles Vignes 2017. And back to Alsace again. Sorry. If Burn represents the richly flavoured wines of the region and Mader occupies the centre ground, then Sorg is at the steelier, purer end of the spectrum.
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Day 37 – Dalrulzian
Porcupine Ridge Syrah 2020. I spotted this in Waitrose, reduced from £8.50 to £6. Having been so impressed with the Boekenhoutskloof (only one spelling error this time) Syrah a few miles back I thought I’d try their bargain basement offering.
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Day 36 – Finegand
JJ Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese 2017. A Christmas gift from a very generous friend a year ago. I hadn’t tasted a top-notch German Riesling in many years and had forgotten how good they are.
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Day 35 – Devil’s Elbow
Allen Lowe – Blues and the Empirical Truth
I can’t remember exactly how my attention was drawn to this 3CD set a few weeks ago, but I read that Allen was a jazz/blues historian and archivist as well as sax player and composer/arranger, which in conjunction with the title definitely sounded interesting.
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Day 34 – Newbigging
Domaine de la Rossignole Sancerre 2018. Bought at the Lille Wine fair at the end of 2019 for 11€. Good quality, concentrated, flinty Sancerre with tastes of gooseberry and a little bit of licorice.