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The Perfect Nightcap
Just a quick update today as I’m a little busy. Got my 5k run in early and although still a bit cold the sun felt wonderfully soothing. Spring has been a long time coming. My head was still a little...
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Prosecco: The Wines of Nino Franco
The sales figures speak for themselves. Prosecco is hugely popular and seems to be going from strength to strength, outperforming those of Champagne. Perhaps it is a sign of the times but I would like...
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Thumbs up for Riesling
I remember my delight when, during one of the blind exam tastings for the WSET Diploma a few years ago, I was faced with three wines sharing a common grape variety. The very first whiff told me I was...
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Malbec Celebration
My blog-o-thon has slowed a little over the past week but the running is still going strong. So far I’ve clocked up just over 100k in the 5×50 Challenge and most of the time it really is quite...
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Innocence of Youth
Taking Pinot Noir to the beach Have you ever seen wines labelled as ‘Old Vines’, ‘Vieilles Vignes’, ‘Viñas Viejas’? It’s one of those terms that can be used freely on a bottle of wine as no one has yet...
View ArticleLiquid Orange
Everything seems to be orange today. The 30th of April is Queens Day in my native The Netherlands. But today is a little different as it sees the abdication of Queen Beatrix in favour of her eldest son...
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Welcoming the Summer
Our latest Food, Fun & Fizz evening, in conjunction with Tasting Scotland, was entitled “Seasonal Summer Specialities”, quite appropriate we thought as it was held at the very end of spring....
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Do you know the way?
Us wine geeks are forever waxing lyrical about something strange, exotic and unusual. We love discovering new things, rare grape varieties and quirky wines. Yet most wine drinkers pop a bottle or two...
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Wines of Change
The past four years have been nothing if not interesting. Taking redundancy from a solid job (if such a thing still exists) to attempt to ‘make it in the wine trade’ in the middle of the mother of all...
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Mapping the Douro
I have a fascination with maps. When my parents took us on our first trip to America’s West coast back in the 80’s, my brother and I spent weeks pouring over the Rand McNally road atlas we bought...
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How Terribly Middle Class
Have you worked out what class you belong to yet. I had a go and was really upset to find out I didn’t belong to the ‘Elite’. Clearly that must be because of my chronic lack of money and the fact that...
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YOU CAN STAND OUT ON THAT HIGHWAY, LOOK AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THAT HORIZON, THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEPLACE ELSE TO BE, – STEVE EARLE – “IT’S ALL UP TO YOU” Us wine geeks are forever...
View ArticleWater into Wine
The decorations are tidied away for another year and we look back on a busy and very fulfilling Christmas. As we have time to breathe, January is also a good time to catch up on reading and we were...
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I have a fascination with maps. When my parents took us on our first trip to America’s West coast back in the 80’s, my brother and I spent weeks pouring over the Rand McNally road atlas we bought...
View ArticleNew Year, New Site.
I’ve been off line for a little while but I’m working hard to get the site back up and running again. It may take a couple of weeks but I will relaunch very soon. Watch this space. If you have any...
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