Wine Book Review
The Wine Savant, A guide to the New Wine Culture, Michael Steinberger
Have you ever noticed that the trailer for the new “best movie this summer” ends up being the best thing about it?....
30 Jun 2014
Feel free to read at your leisure. My blog is really just an indulgence for me to put out on "paper" some of the myriad of thoughts that stumble through my mind on a daily basis. Hopefully you will enjoy and note that these are best read over a glass of wine.
Wine Book Review
Have you ever noticed that the trailer for the new “best movie this summer” ends up being the best thing about it?....
30 Jun 2014
Australian Wines
Its reputedly one of the most expensive wines made in Australia, hiking its price up by a massive $100 for the 2008 vintage to $785...
20 May 2014
Koshu Wines
I have been fortunate to have been able to attend London based Koshu tastings since its inaugural event in 2010. As I joined the master...
31 Jan 2014
Beers
I'll confess, beer isn't normally the first drink I think about when I go out. I think of myself as rather simple, cut me down...
21 Nov 2013
Australian Wines
September sees a flurry of wine tastings in London and if you’re not careful it would be very easy to spend the best part of the month on...
11 Sep 2013
French Wines
So hands up then, how many of you drink wines from Minervois every week? Okay, so maybe once a month? Alrighty then….ever?
04 Sep 2013
Rieslings
I always find that Rieslings are a very undersubscribed wine. They lack the fame and fortune of the mighty Chardonnays and Sauvignon...
14 Jul 2013
English Sparkling wine
I was asked to comment recently on why I thought that English Sparkling Wines has not taken off amongst the British Consumer. The punch...
16 May 2012
Food and wine matching
There appears to be a strange science surrounding matching food and wine together. All sorts of people run courses, offer guidelines in...
28 Apr 2012
French Wines
The smell of this wine is intoxicating with ripe bananas, blackcurrant leaves, crystallised ginger and a hint of marzipan.
30 Mar 2012
American Wines
On a sunny Saturday morning it seems that my quiet wine reading time has lead me into the bitter intrigue of American politics.
14 Mar 2012
Marks and Spencers
Recommended both by the Sunday Telegraph (Victoria Moore) and shown on Saturday morning Kitchen, it caught my eye today as I was making...
24 Feb 2012
French Wines
So working through my old stock in the cellar, I came across a stash of old white burgundy. Now this little breed can be pretty fickle....
01 Feb 2012
Portugese Wines
An exciting and unique opportunity to try not only one of Liberty wines’ top Portuguese wine offerings but also to meet Christian Seely...
06 Oct 2011
Food and wine matching
Left with several hours to kill in London after turning up early for a wine tasting (possibly the first time ever!), I call Steve to see...
04 May 2011
Koshu Wines
So my first trade tasting of the year was with a grape I had not heard of until last year, and certainly had never tasted until today....
20 Jan 2011
Food and wine matching
I say it often because I think people want to hear that working in a restaurant isn’t just about long hours, no social life and low pay,...
11 Jan 2011