Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
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 »
I AM very pleased to announce that my wine column has a reader – and one prepared to put pen to paper for me. He writes: “My wife and I like to share a bottle of wine. We like to stick to the combined daily healthy limit of around six units. This corresponds almost exactly
Step forward M&S in the search for 50cl wine bottles Read More »
I THOUGHT spring had sprung this week – then blinked and it was raining again. In the time when the sun did shine I sneaked outside with a glass of vinho verde wine. It is a wine you should try if you like your wines to be gentle and refreshing. The accent is definitely
JUST as we’re all getting over the buzz of International Carrot Day – you missed it? – we’re heading headlong into World Malbec Day to celebrate malbec wine. Wines of Argentina, which promotes the image of Argentine wines abroad, organises the day in tribute to the malbec grape, which it has adopted as its own. April
IT’S Easter, time to relax. Four days off – and I’m ducking airborne corks flying at me from those of you still working. Sorry and all that. For the rest of us, what shall we do with our time? Well this wine column isn’t called a wine column for nothing – here’s ideas from around
Wine Press: Enjoy the Easter break with a glass of something different every day Read More »
It feels as if I’ve been waiting for Spring to spring for, well, ever since the clocks went back last autumn. Now it’s here I’ll be greeting it with one of my favourite roast dinners, lamb, with a glass of springtime red wine. With Easter just around the corner next week, I’m thinking about red
Mark change of seasons with springtime lamb and red wine Read More »
THERE’S a part of France which almost thinks its the New World when it comes to wine-making. I’m talking Pays d’Oc. Traditionally France – and other “old world” countries such as Spain and Italy – have historically developed wines based on local grape varieties, the local marketplace and as a match to local foods. But in
Pays d’Oc – where 56 grape varieties are the spice of life Read More »
THAT time of year again. Mother’s Day around the corner and could that sunshine be hinting at spring in the air? It goes without saying you should be looking to treat mum this weekend. As it’s still Fairtrade Fortnight how about a bottle of sparklie, pink of course. The Co-operative Fairtrade Sparkling Rosé 2012 is
THE broadest, brightest night sky over one part of South Africa has inspired the name of one of the country’s most successful wineries. Stellar Winery is 275 kilometres north of Cape Town on the road to Namibia. Its name doesn’t just reflect the spangled sky above – but it also summarises the breadth of the
Fairtrade Fortnight wine supports farmers and workers Read More »