Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
Another year has flown and here I am with a handful of Christmas gifts ideas for drinks lovers. My choices are based on the simple scientific law that I’d want them myself. Christmas gifts: Books for drink lovers I Love Champagne (RRP £12.99) is a fabulous guide by Davy Zyw subtitled “Fall in love with […]
Here’s 16 Christmas gifts ideas for the drinks’ lover in your life (or for me) Read More »
It’s not long to go to Christmas Day and I’m getting excited now. If you’re looking for a Christmas red wine, here’s some thoughts; starting with some bargains and building up to a knock-out buy. Christmas red wine on offer this month Western Australia Cabernet Sauvignon (Morrisons, 14.5% abv, RRP £7, down to £6 until Jan
I write about wine and other drinks in a handful of regional UK newspapers; I sometimes share my columns here on One Foot in the Grapes. Here’s some Christmas drinks to pour when friends or family visit spreading seasonal love. And expecting a drink. Christmas drinks: A trio to mull over Lyme Bay Winery’s Mulled Wine (10% abv £8.29, www.lymebaywinery.co.uk)
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Prosecco and Champagne can take centre stage at the office Christmas party, family gathering or girlie night – but here’s some other Christmas fizz ideas which will fit the bill. Provetto Spumante Bianco Brut (10.5% abv £4.99, Bargain Booze) This wine achieves the wow factor when used as a cocktail mixer. It’s a great way
Christmas fizz which isn’t prosecco or champagne! Read More »
Wine Advent Calendar December 9th: The Paddock Shiraz 2015 I second-guessed when I started this 24-day countdown to Christmas that I’d end up missing some days. I have a memory like a sieve. So this post isn’t so much a wine recommendation for December 9th – but more the story of what I did on December 9th.
“Wine Advent Calendar December 7th: Denbies Redlands 2014 My dad used to say that he didn’t forget anything, but sometimes he just didn’t remember. I know what he meant. Let me explain. My reasoning behind this advent calendar countdown is in part to give a Christmas nod to wines I’ve tasted in my wanderings and haven’t written
Wine Advent Calendar December 6th: Oveja Negra Sauvignon Blanc Carménère 2015 I’m sorry if I’m going to repeat myself here, but today’s choice is another from the Oddbin’s wine tasting held at Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral the other day. Why is this wine here? Because I went “oooo,oooo,oooo, look, oooo, it’s a white wine with carménère,
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Wine Advent Calendar December 5th: Hereford Tempranillo Malbec Here’s a story of a day when I got really mad and uppity. My email inbox can be peppered with notes about new wines, new beers, new wine gadgets, new styles of tea, new books, new anythings to be honest. One day I had an email from
Wine Advent Calendar December 4th: De Bortoli Deen Vat 5 Botrytis Semillon Here we are, December 4th, and my first sweet wine of the 24-day wine advent calendar countdown. You might not want a sweet wine; it’s Sunday so you might be wanting a red with your roast. But let me get this out of