A wine notebook, kept slowly
I'm Boris. This is my wine notebook - tasting notes, events, and the people I drink with.
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3,527 wines, 205 tastings, 182 events. Still going, slowly.
New here? Read the guide →Atlantic Whites: Galicia to the Minho
Tuesday 7 July at 18:30 · Wix Kyiv Office
Chilled and poured blind, built around one idea: the cool Atlantic fringe of Iberia, where the whites turn saline, taut and high on acid. We follow the coast from granite country toward the river valleys, then take a single detour that swaps the ocean for a volcano. No labels and no running order to read, but expect bright, briny, summer-in-a-glass pours with a ringer or two to keep you honest.
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Istine
Chianti Classico 2019
22 Jun · @Antonina H · by Boris
- 023.8
Zanotto
Frottola Frizzante · NV
22 Jun · @Antonina H · by Boris
- 034.0
Sattlerhof
Gamlitz Weissburgunder 2023
22 Jun · @Antonina H · by Boris
- 043.9
U Mes U
Ardea Col·lecció Rara Avis · NV
17 Jun · @Lo Kyiv · by Boris
- 054.0
Bodegas Bhilar
Phinca Durmiente Rufete Blanco 2014
17 Jun · @Lo Kyiv · by Boris
- 064.1
Paraschos
Ponka 2021
17 Jun · @Lo Kyiv · by Boris
- 073.9
Paraschos
Orange One 2020
17 Jun · @Lo Kyiv · by Boris
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Paraschos
Not 2021
17 Jun · @Lo Kyiv · by Boris
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Borgogno Riserva
Five Borgogno Riservas spanning 1958-1978, a Soldera 2000, and one of the best evenings in recent memory.
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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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Mix Italiano - hotdogs and a tour of the boot
19 May 2026
Italian-only night at Lo, opened with col fondo, hotdogs from the mangal on the street, and a lineup that crossed from Valdobbiadene to Etna with a thirteen-year Montebuono pair in the middle.
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Six Nebbiolos blind at the Nebbiolo Embassy
11 May 2026
Alessio's tasting at Lo - six 10-year-old Nebbiolos blind across Barolo, Barbaresco, Alto Piemonte, and Valtellina, plus a welcome Pelaverga to start.
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Dard et Ribo, hotdogs, and 96% pharmacy ethanol
6 May 2026
Six Dard et Ribo bottles from Maksym's France trips, a blind Ulysse Collin and a Pierre Gonon thrown in for contrast, plus a portable mangal that taught us pharmacy ethanol works fine as charcoal starter.
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