A wine notebook, kept slowly
I'm Boris. This is my wine notebook - notes, events, and the people I drink with.
You're welcome to read along, or to keep a notebook of your own under the same roof.
3,644 wines, 210 posts, 186 events. Still going, slowly.
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Nicola Gatta
Molenér 09/23 · NV
11 Aug · by Boris
- 024.1
La Stoppa
Ageno 2022
11 Aug · by Boris
- 034.3good deal
La Stoppa
Ageno 2020
11 Aug · by Boris
- 043.9
La Stoppa
Ageno 2019
11 Aug · by Boris
- 054.2good deal
La Stoppa
Ageno 2018
11 Aug · by Boris
- 064.1good deal
La Stoppa
Ageno 2017
11 Aug · by Boris
- 074.4steal
La Stoppa
Ageno 2015
11 Aug · by Boris
- 083.9
Robert-Denogent
Pouilly-Fuissé La Croix Vieilles Vignes 2022
11 Aug · by Boris
Pinned · From the journal
Charity Mix
A ten-bottle charity mix - almost all donated by pan Andrii - poured to raise money for drones for pan Oleksandr.
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Touching a Legend
11 Aug 2026
Seven vintages of La Stoppa Ageno, from the current 2022 back to a 2005 from the Emilia IGT era, with a Nicola Gatta Molener to open.
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Serve It Cold
14 Jul 2026
Everything out of the ice bucket, poured blind: chilled reds, a Trousseau twin test under two passports, an oxidative Rioja white on ice, and Bouzy brut nature to finish.
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Atlantic Whites: Galicia to the Minho
7 Jul 2026
Eight whites poured blind along the Atlantic fringe of Iberia - granite Galicia to the Minho and the Douro, with a volcanic detour and a slow-motion Rioja ringer.
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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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