Harrods

Yes, THAT Harrods. The famous London temple of conspicuous consumption. And they sell wine too. Read a full Wine Rambler description of <a href="/blog/london-wine-merchants-why-not-buy-german-wine-harrods">Harrods</a>. Below are the wines we tasted from this source.

Willi Opitz, Pinot Noir, Beerenauslese, 2005

By torsten on Monday, 11/10/2010

Dessert wine. Think Riesling so thick with sugar that you could grease your bicycle with it. Think Sauternes with even more sugar than the Riesling and twice the level of alcohol. Think Château d'Yquem. Think Austrian red wine. Ah, wait, did he just say 'Austrian red wine'? Yes he did, and he wrote that in a perfectly sober state. So let me start with saying that that there is Austrian red wine (in case you did not know) and that it can be outright fantastic. Most of it is dry, so I got very excited when I saw this sweet, half bottle beauty on the shelves at Harrods. So what is a sweet Austrian red wine like?

London wine merchants: why not to buy German wine from Harrods

By torsten on Monday, 21/12/2009

What could be a better Christmas present than a mammoth tusk? If you too cannot imagine anything better, you are certainly in line with some of the staff and customers of Harrods, the famous London department store.

I visited this temple of conspicuous consumption earlier today, but as I had already organised all my Christmas presents a while ago, I showed the tusk and another £47,000 fossil that also was on sale the cold shoulder and moved on to the wine shop in the basement, eager to explore what delights it might offer - especially with regards to German wine. I mean, where better to go, one would think, than Harrods if it comes to finding something unusual and extraordinary, right?

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