Wine Events, Wine Education, Journalist
HAPPY New Year. Your resolution was to stop drinking for a month? And you gave in eerrm … about 8pm last night? Never mind. Change that 2013 resolution to exploring the world of wine. Don’t stick to what you know – that same bottle on the same shelf – but ring the changes. I asked […]
Start off New Year by stepping out of wine comfort zones Read More »
I’M TRYING ever so hard not to become a wine snob – but I might be failing miserably. I’ve been writing a column for the Liverpool Daily Post for just a year, and I simply want to enthuse others without becoming a bloomin’ know-it-all in the process. No airy fairy nonsensical comments from me –
I don’t want to be a wine snob, I just want choices Read More »
THERE’S a jokey cartoon that makes the rounds occasionally, supposedly illustrating the complicated thought processes inside a woman’s mind. It’s an intricate network of nuts, bolts, wires and electric circuits, all cross-connecting and interweaving – and nothing seems to make sense. All I can say is that whoever drew that hadn’t tried to get their
Wine Press: Burgundy wines have so many guises and glories Read More »
Sauvignon blanc. I love it. Now and again there’s some pain I put myself through to write about wine (let alone being stabbed by corkscrews). Tasting extraordinary 2012 sauvignon blancs has certainly not been one of those occasions. Let’s start with a new selection from the Wine Society. It has packaged a New Zealand sauvignon
Sauvignon blanc choices for your must-drink list Read More »
ONE MAN’S nectar is another man’s poison. That may be a saying or perhaps I made it up. When it comes down to enjoying wine – and I’ve said it here before – the bottom line is personal taste. Who knows how much money is spent by Mrs Bloggs buying a wine her husband Joe
How the Morrisons wine taste test tool can help your choices Read More »
PHEW. That’s that for another year . . . now, what to do with the Christmas leftovers in the fridge. If you don’t have some turkey or sad sprouts staring at you when you reach for the milk, I’ll eat my hat – if I wasn’t too busy eating what’s left of my Christmas ham.
Perk up your Christmas leftovers with a drop of wine Read More »
IT’S not most people’s average choice when they find themselves in the wine aisle, but with Christmas looming on the horizon, some of us will be contemplating buying a dessert wine. This week – with help from a couple of tasting elves – I explore the sweet wine world some never consider. There’s a couple
WE’RE funny, aren’t we, people. We can make decisions based on preconceived ideas; decisions based on perceptions, not fact. Take Aldi wine. Remember that advertising slogan “it is a Skoda honest” …. well how about, “it is from Aldi, honest”. Maybe Aldi is the retail equivalent of Skoda; in the public’s mindset it may not
The Aldi wine team takes the game up to another level Read More »
THE sun surprisingly came out at the weekend and so did the Rioja. I blinked and the sun was still there … if only I could say the same about the Rioja. A glorious taste of Spain; the signature red wine of the country. It is so elevated that Rioja was the first wine to