Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
Yup – that’s me on this page. Sadly not the pretty thing in the middle, but the old blob on the left wearing a grey cardie. You’ll see we ran a fizz taste test … here’s the supermarket prosecco ratings if you’re making a last-minute dash to the shops for the sprouts and the bread sauce. Or […]
Which is the best supermarket prosecco? Here’s the festive fizz factor scores 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
The one where I rustle up some Baileys Christmas Fudge with a tipple on the side Read More »
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 »
I can’t wait for Christmas Day and my first glass of white! Here’s a Christmas white wine selection to suit all pockets which you can pour as the family arrives, right through to Dad sneaking the last roast potato onto his plate. Extra Special French Chardonnay (13.5% abv, £5, ASDA) This Languedoc chardonnay is lightly oaked
Christmas white wine to chink as you open the pressies (or just because you neeeeed) 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 »
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
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 »
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)
Christmas drinks to share with family and friends Read More »