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By Roger Jones on November 3, 2019

Roger Jones is bowled over by mammoth Alsace Rocks! tasting

Send top chef and wine expert Roger Jones to pick a handful of his favourite Alsatian wines from the Alsace Rocks! tasting and what do you get? 1600 words on 27 wines, tasting notes, food-matching suggestions, two special producer profiles and more enthusiasm than is all together comfortable in a diminutive Welshman. Jones is a massive fan of Alsace and one of the world’s experts on its wines – both as a wine lover and, most importantly, understanding how they work in the context of his top restaurant.

Posted In: Alsace, Crémant, Gewürztraminer, Joseph Cattin, Julian Schaal, Maison Cattin, muscat, Pinot Blanc, pinot gris, Riesling, roger jones, Sylvaner

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By Roger Jones on October 23, 2019

Roger Jones on “stunning opulence” of vintage Krug 2006

Roger Jones’ relationship with Krug stretches back over the decades not just years – his restaurant was the first in Britain to serve Krug Grand Cuvée and Krug Vintage by the glass, and he is also known to open a bottle when the Welsh narrowly scrape through a rugby match. Jones was a natural, then, to meet up with Krug chef de cave Eric Lebel who was in London last week to launch new vintage Krug 2006 and the 162nd edition of Krug Grand Cuvée. Krug’s nickname for the 2006 – ‘Capricious Indulgence’ – Jones was not sure about, but he did like the wine and found the idea of matching it with a private gig from a South African loop artist interesting, giving as it did a new meaning to the term ‘House music’.

Posted In: champagne, Eric Lebel, Krug, Krug 2006, Krug Grande Cuvée 162nd Edition, Krug Vintage 2006, roger jones

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By Roger Jones on October 15, 2019

Roger Jones on how Pommery matches complex dishes

Roger Jones used to think that Champagne Pommery was something of a one-trick pony. That is, until he was invited to a special cuvee tasting at Sketch in London, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pommery’s prestige Cuvee Louise. Duly inspired by Cuvee Louise and Cuvee Louis and the way they paired with the complexity of Pierre Gagnaire’s cooking, Jones then decided to test the more modestly-priced Champagnes from the portfolio back at his top restaurant The Harrow at Little Bedwyn. He experimented with a variety of dishes before arriving at some stunning pairings to go with the Pommery Blanc de Blancs and the latest arrival the Louis Pommery English Sparkling NV.

Posted In: champagne, Champagne Pommery, Clement Pierlot, Cuvee Louise, Julien Lonneux, Pierre Gagnaire, roger jones, Sketch

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By Roger Jones on October 10, 2019

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Roger Jones recommends the best white wines from Alto Adige

In this report top chef and Buyer contributing editor Roger Jones explores the white wines of the Alto Adige region with a special focus on Gewürztraminer – so often tasting of ‘granny’s face powder’ but here in the most Northern part of Italy produced in a dry style wine with a delicate fragrance of lychees, crisp Turkish Delight, pink grapefruit, very fine perfume with a lovely fresh acidity. Jones also highlights wineries that had exceptional white wine and those making wines made from unusual varieties such as Solaris.

Posted In: Alto Adige, Gewürztraminer, italian wine, Italy, roger jones

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By Roger Jones on September 16, 2019

Roger Jones: How Liberty Wines continues to champion Riesling

The boring old journalists who trot out the line “Only the trade likes Riesling” really have met their match with Liberty Wines, argues top chef and wine expert Roger Jones. A Liberty customer for over 20 years, Jones has its annual Portfolio Tasting inked into his diary before many importers’ events. And it is their championing of Riesling that Jones believes is the company’s greatest achievement – something that has played all the way to consumers who have grown to better understand and love the grape. Jones picks out 10 of the 30 on show and gives full tasting notes as well as being wowed by the wines of Steven Spurrier’s estate, Bride Valley.

Posted In: Bride Valley, Liberty, Riesling, roger jones, steven spurrier

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By Roger Jones on September 3, 2019

Roger Jones tests out Chapel Down as a ‘mystery shopper’

A pattern is clearly developing. In our many recent reports on the current state of British wineries and British wine events, our writers are finding that English and Welsh sparkling wine is now showing exceptionally well (and proving how much has been learned in the past decade) but it is the quality of the still wines that are showing the greatest improvement. Wanting to check this out for himself our very own Phileas Fogg (aka top chef and wine expert Roger Jones) decided to pop into Chapel Down incognito as a wine tourist on a busy and sweltering Bank Holiday Monday. Our ‘mystery quaffer’ was hugely impressed and reports back on which of the latest vintages you should buy.

Posted In: Chapel Down, english wine, roger jones, WineGB

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By Roger Jones on August 10, 2019

Roger Jones on pairing Jim Barry wines with top Japanese food

With the first Ashes test defeat still such a fresh wound, our contributing editor and chef extraordinaire Roger Jones kept conversation away from the Welsh and English team’s performance when sat next to Australian cricket legend Mark Taylor. Very much on the menu, however, was the full range of the wines of Jim Barry that were paired with premium Japanese food, including the best crab dish that Jones reckons he has ever tried.

Posted In: australia, Clare Valley, Japanese, Jim Barry, Mark Taylor, roger jones

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By Roger Jones on June 26, 2019

Roger Jones on the stars of the Field Morris & Verdin tasting

Buying smartly in Burgundy isn’t the easiest task these days but our contributing editor and chef at large, Roger Jones, thinks he’s found a real winner from Méo-Camuzet. And who would have thought that a winery based in Norfolk would be the latest addition to the Field Morris & Verdin portfolio – rubbing shoulders with the likes of Vega Sicilia, Au Bon Climat and R. Lopez de Heredia? – and not only that but really standing up to the task. For Jones’ FMV tips read on…

Posted In: Field Morris & Verdin, Flint Vineyards, Hambledon, Meo-Camuzet, roger jones

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By Roger Jones on June 14, 2019

The South African landscape offers a diverse range of great quality, but also brilliant value for money wines for the premium on-trade

Buyer Rewind: Roger Jones’ best Chenins from Cape Wine 2018

June 15 marks the annual #DrinkChenin day where producers, retailers, restaurants and wine drinkers alike unite to celebrate all things Chenin. None more so than in South Africa where the white grape variety has had such success and is now recognised as producing some of the finest Chenin Blancs in the world. Wine merchants, restaurants and bars are being encouraged to back #DrinkChenin day by hosting their own tastings or simply opening up a few bottles of Chenin to share with their customers. To help kick things off this weekend we revisit Roger Jones’ trip to Cape Wine 2018 where he was able to pick out his own Chenin Blanc favourites from South Africa.

Posted In: Cape Wine 2018, chenin blanc, roger jones, south africa

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By Roger Jones on May 30, 2019

Roger Jones looks back at 30 years of Adelaide’s Shaw + Smith

The higher and wetter you go in the Adelaide Hills the better wine you are going to produce, according to Michael Hill Smith MW, one half of the dynamic duo Shaw + Smith who has been making exquisite wines with his cousin Martin Shaw for the past 30 years. Earlier this month our resident chef and wine explorer, Roger Jones, was invited along to the Shaw + Smith 30th Anniversary lunch at Roka Aldwych in London to taste through the new vintages of Riesling, Chardonnay and Shiraz from their Adelaide Hills Vineyards, plus Pinot Noir from their most recently-established vineyards in Tasmania. So what is it about these wines that has caused Roger to list them on his wine list for the past 18 years?

Posted In: Adelaide Hills, australia, roger jones, Shaw + Smith

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