Trockenbeerenauslese, from the German trocken (dry), beeren (grapes or berries), and auslese (selected), is wine from grapes that have been shrivelled up by the so-called “noble rot” (aka the botrytis fungus) responsible for the best dessert wines worldwide, like French Sauternes. Tonight we had a bottle of 1995 Johanneshof Reinisch Chardonnay from Thermenregion, Austria. I…

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Yesterday, the trees were still covered in foliage. After the overnight gales, the acer in our courtyard was stripped bare of its gorgeous bright red leaves. I should have been suspicious. At the rail station, I shouldn’t have been surprised to find the 0857 to London Paddington delayed about 20 minutes. The usual autumn excuse…

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