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Photo memories: My 2016 year in pictures and a drop of something now and again

Farewell 2016, you strange old year, you little monkey. Putting the madness of Brexit, Trump and Celebrity Deaths to one side, there’s been a lot of change for me personally, changes that will see me taking a route yet to be determined, sometime around May in 2017. Meanwhile – here’s some 2016 photo memories, ahem, and of course they […]

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British Food Fortnight is great excuse to eat (and drink wine!)

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BRITISH Food Fortnight 2015 is well underway … I enjoy British food the rest of the year too, but when these things come along it’s an excuse for one of my foodie Scientific Experiments. For your benefit I’ve roasted a chicken, plated up a Ploughman’s and coaxed a crispy topping onto a cottage pie. Chicken and

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Light red wines can take the chill out of the mellowing sunshine

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I’m on my holidays and the rain is clattering on the roof of my boltaway caravan like a pea-shooter firing at a tin can. It’s a challenge as my theme this week is light red wines to enjoy in the mellowing sunshine. I’ve persevered valiantly and here’s a handful I’ve tasted with the rain as

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Aldi Exquisite Collection wines won’t break the bank

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The January purse strings are still pulled really tight so for my weekend wines I’ll be heading off to Aldi where I know I’ll pick up some good ones at sensible prices. I’ve had a dummy run with three Aldi whites, touching base once again with Aldi Exquisite Collection wines: Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur

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Wine Press: Chenin blanc, a grape with its heart in the Old World

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I’ve been tinkering with chenin blanc in the last few days. It just came over me; I thought I’d have a tinker and here we are. I don’t mean I wanted to change the structure of its molecules, or mess with its DNA; but just, you know, tinker. It’s another of those Old World grapes

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Carmenère and Chile go together but for years grape was forgotten

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CARMENÈRE. Chile’s signature grape. I’m intrigued by this wine’s story, so I’m sharing it with you. As I write, I’m still on staycation, staring out at blue Welsh skies brushed with rolling grey clouds, but happily sipping Viña Koyle Alto Colchagua Reserva Carmenère, 2012 (£8.95, The Wine Society) at the naughty wine time of 5.15pm.

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Pink Moscato 2012 Innocent Bystander wine

Winetrust100: An online wine selection based on quality and price

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WHAT do three Masters of Wine, 100 wines, and the name of a football team have in common? The link is actually a new wine website where QPR is scoring very highly. It stands for Quality Price Ratio and only wines with a ratio above 90 – as chosen by three Masters of Wine –

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