Friday night at Green and Blue - Bressan Schioppettino 2004 and Pintia 2006

Someone said to me recently that Friday night was all the excuse they needed to celebrate with a fine wine. I decided to put this excellent philosophy into practice last night and recruited a few friends to repair to Green and Blue, an exceptional wine bar in East Dulwich. For those not familiar, Green and Blue is a brilliantly conceived combination of wine merchant and bar, somewhat in the style of an Italian enoteca. The wine list is all about small production wines, of the sort almost never found on high-street or supermarket shelves. There's a strong bias towards "natural" wine-making, with organic and biodynamic production encouraged but not insisted upon. The bar is lively, unpretentious and welcoming, the staff both helpful and knowledgeable. Even better, it's possible to browse the shelves in the shop, find an interesting wine, and then have it served to your table in the bar for a mere £7 corkage - or for no extra charge, between Monday and Wednesday.
So, what did we drink i…
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