InterWined tried a bit more Tannat wine recently at Planet of the Grapes in Leadenhall market. At £7 a glass, the 2004 Bouza ‘Las Violetas’ Tannat from Uruguay does actually have a touch of violet in the wine. We actually didn’t notice the connection to the name until writing the review.
Pretty on the ball, we […]

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Wine book author and well-known potty mouth, Eric Arnold, (who now serves as Deputy Editor of Forbes.com) once described the wine grape Tannat to InterWined with one single word: “Ick.”
True, the grape is a sturdy one. Grown through SouthWest France, Argentina and widely across Uruguay, Tannat can only make “well-structured” wines, which is all too […]

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