Chris, on Wine
Welcome to my wine cellar, where I tell you about the wines I’m thinking, drinking, and sometimes cellaring.
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I’m passionate about wine! I’ve been enjoying and collecting it for over 50 years and I’ve built several home wine cellars during that time.
I started this blog to share my thoughts on the wine that I’ve been drinking. I’d welcome your comments … Chris Miley
Wine Dinner at Restaurant Markus December 2019
A very enjoyable and educational recent wine dinner at Restaurant Markus, hosted by Marcus Lai of Asia Wine Cellar showcasing the wonderful wines of Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur. All wines were from the same 2017 vintage but different plots in and...
2016 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir, Martinborough NZ. 13.0%
Ata Rangi is owned and run by Clive Paton and his wife Phyll, together with Clive’s sister Alison and winemaker Helen Masters. Clive planted the bare, stony home paddock at the edge of Martinborough in 1980 and, in doing so, was one of a handful of...
17th Wedding Anniversary Dinner, Penang
Well, we knew what the wines were going to be, so then to work backwards to choose the food. We had a Champagne and a Pinot Noir from New Zealand. The Champagne was flying solo, and we decided on a NZ rack of lamb (only fitting) cooked on the Weber...
Grange Extravaganza
NV Dhondt-Grellet Champagne Les Terres Fines, 100% Chardonnay Another boutique producer, this time from Cuis, and this time 100% Chardonnay. 30% of the wine is vin de réserve from a solera system started in 1986, disgorged 29 June...
Carmen Gran Reserva Carmenère 2013 Apalta
Carmen Gran Reserva Carmenère 2014 is made from hand-harvested grapes from Carmen's vineyards in the hills of Apalta, in the Colchagua Valley in central Chile. Cedar and tobacco on the nose hint at the wine's ageing in French oak, which creates a...
Restaurant Markus Wine Dinner
To celebrate the second anniversary of their opening, we joined the party for a set food and wine pairing at our favourite Penang restaurant, Markus. Course 1, Texture of Fegato Three types of foie gras from hot to cold; ice cream, mousse, pan fry....
Wine tasting Penang, Sept 2016
Occasionally, if any of us have a wine of interest, a few of us wine loving Penangites will get together for a tasting. So here we were, Adrian, kindly offering his apartment, Choong and myself looking forward to three very notable wines: two...
Wine Tasting at Restaurant Markus, Penang
Once a month on a Monday night Choong and Markus of Restaurant Markus (sadly closed in 2020) conduct a wine tasting using some of the wines from their vast and diverse cellar. This is the first one I have been able to get to, and after this great...
2010 Pauillac de Croizet Bages, 13.5% alcohol
Pauillac is the largest city in the Medoc, on the Bordeaux Left Bank, and is home to three of the four original 1855 classification of First Growths, aka Premiere Grand Crus. These were Chateau Latour, Chateau Lafite Rothschild, and Chateau...
That Little Wine Bar tasting 15 October 2015
Another Thursday night soirée at That Little Wine Bar in Penang and another group of new people to meet. And another totally enjoyable evening with fellow tasters John and Sally, Dennis and Marisel, Adrian, Ju, Rene, John, Pauline and maybe a...
Vantage Wine, Vantage Point Penang
This is a very interesting wine retailer and restaurant in the Vantage Point complex, Jalan Desiran Tanjung, northern part of George Town. It’s not well advertised, or well signed on the ground floor of the Vantage complex, but the search is worth...
Wine tasting at That Little Wine Bar Penang
That Little Wine Bar is an unassuming but delightful little place in Jalan Chow Thye in George Town, just off the relentless rush of the main road. Every Thursday evening they have a wine tasting soiree of three wines selected by James the...