Bob Hobden wrote:


Sue and I don't like heavily oaked wines (do people really like their wine
tasting of sawdust?)

Nor me Bob that's why I like a Sauvignon Blanc rather than a
Chardonnay.

Fleurie, Margaux, Volney and St.Emilion (the last two are
overpriced
Now you're talikng, but I find Margaux quite expensive and more
expensive than St. Emilion.
Did you know that the Margaux grape is the only French "real" grape
left. All the others were lost some years ago to some disease and
America and Australia had to send back to France cuttings of their
original vines? Margaux only survived because it was an enclosed
vineyard.


I have a friend who owns a share in a British vineyard, they make an
excellent "Champagne" also it can't be called that because it is not
made in the Champagne region of France. It won an award during blind
tastings, in France!! It's called Nytimber and was served to the Queen
at a dinner last year.