Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
Prosecco can always be relied on to save the day. Here’s the weekend and the footie scores haven’t gone exactly as I would have liked. As I write, it’s ten minutes since I poured Premier Estates’ Italian Prosecco Extra Dry, ( 11.5% abv RRP £7.99) and it is still perkily popping in the glass. Premier Estates make a […]
In my glass: Premier Estates’ Italian Prosecco Extra Dry Read More »
There’s supposed to be a Prosecco shortage heading our way this summer. Girlies everywhere are buying in bulk in a blitz mentality as their favourite sparkling wine could disappear from shelves. But never mind Prosecco, cast your thoughts beyond its pretty, simple flavours. There’s another Italian fizz I love much, much more than Prosecco …
Prosecco isn’t the only sparkling wine to get you through the summer Read More »
IT’S always lovely to meet Real People behind wines. I was lucky enough to “break bread” with Silvano Brescianini, the CEO of Barone Pizzini, from the heart of Franciacorta, Italy, and enjoy his wines with a lovely bunch of people at Liverpool’s Bretta & Co shop and bistro just off Bold Street. Now I love franciacorta sparkling
A night of wine and food celebrating Barone Pizzini and Italian wines Read More »
A few years ago there was a TV quiz show, Call My Bluff. My mum and dad loved it. I remember the 70s brown and beige shirts and the quizmaster technology included a simple bell. A team would give three definitions of a word; but only one was true. Another team had to guess which.
Wine Press: Call My Bluff Wine Tasting fizzes perfectly Read More »
If you’re planning on a bit of canoodling, romancing and smooching over a glass of something sparklie on Valentine’s Day, then read on. I’ve been dipping into some sparkling pink wines you could share with The Love of Your Life. From light gentle salmon pinks to wines of the deepest cerise; some with gentle flits of
Wine Press: Valentine’s Day sparkling pink wines (my Love Heart scores) Read More »
The best way to bring in the New Year is with a perfect *pop!* closely followed by fizzy frothiness streaming into a giddily clasped glass. Sparkling wine is so exciting. With no science involved, here’s some ideas for your sparkling and party wines. New Year sparklers for less than a tenner: Tesco finest* Pignoletto (£8.99) is an
Bring in the New Year with a perfect sparkling wine pop! Read More »
I’m keeping everything simple for my Christmas Day wine countdown. If you’re into off-the-wall Christmas Day menus then you won’t find a wine and food matching pair here. My menu? A glass of fizz. Then into a seafood starter such as a prawn cocktail, or my favourite … flash-fried Thai prawns. Then moving on to turkey
Christmas Day wine ideas for blushing pink prawn starters Read More »
I got a bit giddy a few days ago. I was in the right place to be giddy, at a food and drink festival. Alongside me were several other giddy people, though they were only giddy after they’d been with me for a while. I helped to run a wine tasting session (with fellow wine
Sparkling wines put fizz into food and drink festival Read More »
I’VE been sitting here thinking about strawberries and Wimbledon and the Longest Day (because, scarily, we have reached that daylight milestone). Where do I take you this week, I’ve been asking myself. What homework do I set you in my continued challenge to encourage you to drink something new. To cast away the grigio and
Add dash of Chambord to prosecco for a summery cocktail Read More »