Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
I’ve found my new favourite wine, Hunter Valley semillon from Australia, with the help of one of the UK’s most popular chefs, Masterchef’s John Torode. John has joined forces with chief winemaker Neil McGuigan from McGuigan Wines to work on a special project Vine to Glass. They have made a new limited edition Hunter Valley Semillon together […]
John Torode creates new semillon wine with McGuigan Read More »
Oz Clarke is one of the most popular wine critics in this country. He is one of those people you instinctively “trust” when he shares his thoughts either through his books or his fun approach on our TV screens. He has a busy schedule as the festive season beckons, with the release of his latest
Corkscrew or screwcap? Find out what Oz Clarke thinks Read More »
I WATCHED a lovely couple – well I’m sure they were lovely – looking totally bemused in a wine shop the other day. They were walking up and down the reds baffled, nay, befuddled, by the choices in front of them. So here’s some simple guidance on six basic wine grapes. You’ll see them all the time… but do you know if you’ll like
THESE fair islands of ours have been pretty hopeless in the World Cup. England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Are we there or thereabouts in the final stages? Are we heck. Though it shouldn’t stop us settling down to watch the World Cup Final with a glass or two of vino. The eventual arrival of the World Cup
World Cup gives wine-loving girlies an excuse to go Brazil nuts Read More »
I’M NOT known for my fitness levels, but I‘m pretty good at running to a bar at last orders. So cycling? Not a chance. And don’t even think about me in Lycra. No. Don’t. But watching cycling is a different matter, and next weekend the much-heralded Tour de France 2014 begins in Yorkshire. For Chilean winemakers
Celebrate Tour de France with Bicicleta wines from Cono Sur Read More »
I’VE SPENT ages wondering how to start off some words about sparkling reds which, it transpires, people love or hate. Just now, just this minute, I mentioned it to someone and they said, ‘Oh, just like Marmite’. So here we are. Some words about Marmite, aka sparkling red wines. As this week has been National
Sparkling reds, a Scientific Experiment and a barbecue Read More »
IF you’re lackadaisical about wine labels; if you rage about reds or whimper over whites; if you blush at a barolo or glaze over at a gerwurztraminer; if you pale at a pinot noir or think tempranillo is a percussion instrument; fear not. Because you might not be the only one. As another Bank Holiday is
Women like blokes with wine knowledge but are they bluffing? Read More »
“I don’t like raisins,” said The Girl Who Doesn’t Like Raisins. “You might not like raisins,” I said, “but you’ll like this.” I asked Girl Who Doesn’t Like Raisins to pour a fingertip of Blind Spot Rutherglen Muscat wine into a glass and taste. “I’m not sure” she said, “Don’t be scared,” I said, as she raised
The Wine Society wizards and the girl who hates raisins Read More »
I’VE got a red nose. Not a wine nose (or even a wino’s) but a sunshine nose. I have a sunshine nose because we’ve had lovely weather and yours truly has been sitting outside enjoying it. I’ve bought myself a little 99p windmill on a stick and popped it in the ground so I can
Springtime white wines, virtual reality and twizzling sticks Read More »