The Caskaway

My Tasting Notes

Beer
Red Wines
White Wines

Fortified and Sweet Wines

Sherry

Sherry is a term for a range of fortified wines ranging from bone dry to exceptionally sweet produced in the ‘Sherry Triangle’ around the town of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucía, Spain. They are made by slowly aging base wines either with or with out the presence of oxygen to produce some exceptionally complex drinks.

Port

Port wine is a sweet fortified wine from the Duoro region of northern Portugal made by arresting fermentation with the addition of grape brandy. There are many different styles including some of the most highly sort after wines in the world. A glass of port is traditional enjoyed with cheese at the end of a meal.

Vin Doux Naturels

Vin doux naturels or natural sweet wines are a speciality of France to which extra alcohol is added increasing the sweetness and include Banyuls, Maury, and Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise.

Disclaimer – Unless otherwise indicated I pay for all of the reviewed drinks

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Welcome to The Caskaway

Personal, subjective and in no way definitive but I hope The Caskaway reveals a little of the passion I have for wine and beer. I’m no expert but I love to learn and wanted to share my knowledge and discoveries with all my drink writing in one convenient place. Why am I doing this when there is so much information out there already? Well, if one person reads and tries something new, I will call that a win.

There are honest tasting notes that you might hopefully find helpful, entertaining and maybe even instructive. Some posts try to help with the confusing and often obscure specialist terminology and language in both the beer and wine worlds and yes, there is a lot! Finally, there are links to all of my favourite recipes made using wine and beer (see below), and finally some expanded reviews of great pubs and other bits and pieces.

Formerly a full-time chef and publican, I’ve worked for two breweries, an award-winning Jersey based wine merchants and now try to write and broadcast about food and drink for local and national media including What’s Brewing and BBC Local Radio.