Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
I’ve turned into a person who’s gone all tidy-uppie. I’m not very domesticated. It’s a rare thing to catch me with a duster in my hand. Let me put this into context. Years ago I was the victim of a burglary and I duly gave the list of missing goods to the police. It was a month before I […]
Wine Diploma Diary: I’m not exactly what you’d call a domestic goddess but … Read More »
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
Photo memories: My 2016 year in pictures and a drop of something now and again Read More »
I’ve finally signed up to study the Wine Spirit and Education Trust diploma after years of indecision. It’s taken me a while to take the plunge for lots of reasons, not least money and time. But the urge to learn more about wine and spirits was ultimately just too strong so I’ve opted for the online course;
What links my new wine diploma diary and one of the cheesiest songs ever? Read More »
I’ve made some fudge for Christmas. I haven’t fudged up the fudge because I’ve made it before, using a favourite drinking implement called Baileys. A couple of years on the trot I carried white chocolate Baileys fudge into work to hand out to pasty-faced hungover journos who’d had one drink too many at the works’ Christmas do. A sugar
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I’ve spent most of the morning spooning sticky toffee sauce and squares of sticky toffee pudding into tin foil trays and popping on a lid. And it’s quite possibly the most rewarding thing I’ve done all year. It’s Christmas in two days’ time. I bet you can’t bear the thought of those queues for last-minute
If you think Christmas is stressful, the Share Your Lunch campaign is food for thought Read More »
We’ve had a bit of a Christmas tree nightmare truth be told. Yesterday we began the day nursing a mild hangover, so off we tootled for a nice cuppa and a bacon buttie at a nearby café. I’ve been nagging abut a tree for ages – I love my real Christmas trees. But The Other Half
The Christmas tree tests the patience of everyone, even the dog Read More »
Is Skinny Prosecco worth all the fuss? Before we go any further let me say that I love fizz. I love cheap fizz expensive fizz free fizz white fizz pink fizz even red fizz. Fizz floats my boat. There. I love fizz. But I don’t like Skinny Prosecco. My friends don’t like it. I know this
Here’s a festive gin cocktail with brussels sprouts. Some strange drinks recipes drop into my email box and I ignore many of them. But as this is a) gin and I like gin and b) it includes sprouts and I’m in the minority of the population who likes sprouts and c) prosecco – is in there
A festive gin cocktail with Brussels sprouts. Yes, you read that right. Read More »
Wine Advent Calendar December 8th: Extra Special Louis Bernard Premier Cru Champagne It’s my daughter’s birthday today which calls for FIZZ. I know it’s Thursday but I can’t think of a better excuse. Look, tomorrow’s Friday so I’ll do fizz again. That’s a good excuse too. I’m coming down from a couple of weeks of
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