Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
The Raise a Glass feature is published in several UK regional newspapers … I explain how rosé wine is made and share a handful of pinks for summer sunshine vibes. It’s the perfect time of year to enjoy a glass of rosé wine: And the choice is immense. Just the combination of colours is so […]
How rosé wine is made and eight to try for summer Read More »
Study for the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines in a three-day course in Liverpool.
You’ll explore the winemaking and environmental factors that impact the style and quality of wines.
And through theory and tasting over 40 wines, led by Jane Clare of One Foot in the Grapes, you’ll learn how to describe them with confidence.
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WSET Level 2 Award in Wines in Liverpool: 3 days in city venue Read More »
The Wine Time feature is published in the Lancashire Post, the Blackpool Gazette and other regional newspapers in Lancashire … here’s when my thoughts turned to wines from the Loire Valley. It’s been a over a year since we learned how to mute, to share, to wave, to leave messages via our laptop screens as
The Raise a Glass feature is published every week in several regional newspapers … here’s one from the end of April 2021 when the garden bench was tested for wine durability with spring red wines. There’s nothing more uplifting than sunshine and bluebells and daffodils and garden benches as the sun dips down after a
Raise a glass: Spring red wines roadtest the garden bench Read More »
It’s sunny outside. I’m happy. At the risk of tempting fate, I bring you summer wine choices – two sparkling, two whites and two reds – to enjoy while the sun shines and as autumn beckons. Summer wine to cheer up a staycation Beau Beaujolais 2014 (12.5% abv, Majestic, £8.99 or £7.99 in a Mix Six deal) The dog
Summer wine: Six wine choices for when the sun peeks out Read More »
Now this is my kind of wine tasting. I recently joined in a Twitter wine tasting, hosted by the Wine Society and I didn’t have to move from my sofa. Millie the schnauzer slept right through it (well, it was past her doggie bedtime). Each month The Wine Society selects two wines which are tasted “over the
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Lidl has just launched 40 new summer wines at a time when the retailer must be feeling pretty pleased with itself. Its overall wine sales have increased 38% over the past 12 months; and in parallel, a survey by Wotwine says that Lidl wines top its ratings table, with 68% of its wines offering customers
Lidl wines on a roll as summer selection hits the shelves Read More »
PICTURE French winemakers and what do you see? Veterans. Wisps of white hair blowing in a warm breeze. Soil brushed off gnarled hands and a grape taken firmly but gently between Gauloises-stained fingers. A face the colour of Red Rum’s saddle bags turned upwards to the life-giving sun…. well that’s what I see. And of
Young bloods challenge our perception of French winemakers Read More »
AUTUMN is here; weekends of scrunchy woodland walks, skin-tingling whip-it-up winds and soggy downpours. Crisp whites and rosés still have their place but there’s nothing better than a red wine reflecting the season’s leafy clusters and harvest fruits. Last week I was a little rosy-cheeked after sitting in unexpected warm autumnal sun. With me, a
Wine Press: Autumn days … when only red wine will do Read More »
There’s a group of explorers scouring the world, Wine Society buyers tracking down the best on offer from every continent, bringing wonderful tastes back to you and me in Blighty. I think you’d be hard pushed to find anyone that does it better than the Wine Society. Terrific wines at pocket-happy prices. A co-operative, founded
Wine Society’s explorers who discover wonderful tastes Read More »