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Who would have thought there is a day devoted to the humble yet wondrous Yorkshire Pudding. I love a Yorkshire pud, even better, I love its traditional accompaniment of beef. So when someone told me that tomorrow, Sunday, is The Day to celebrate Yorkshire puddings (always the first Sunday in February apparently) it seemed a […]
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If you’ve managed to get this far into 2015 without touching a drop of alcohol, then well done. Not long to go now, my Dry January heroes. Soon you can have a February glass of something. For those of you with a detox backbone, here’s a trio of wines, which aren’t wines any more. Let
Torres Natureo ‘wines’ might help the Dry January blues Read More »
DRINKING wine on the move can be a bit of a challenge, particularly if one of those moves is a Northern Soul wiggle on a Christmas party dance floor. That, my friends, is my kind of move. But holding a glass of wine at the same time is not recommended. Health and safety apart, there’s
Wine Press: A train journey with some travel-sized wine bottles Read More »
We all have our eyes peeled for a bargain, but when it comes to wine, it’s a gamble buying a bottle for under a fiver. But to be honest a fiver is sometimes all we want to spend. The Tesco Simply wines range has a selection of well over 20 wines in the range covering all
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I had a girlie night out on Saturday. It started as a girlie night in and then for a few hours it was a girlie night out and then a girlie night back in. I’d taken some red wines as a bit of a treat; an inexpensive treat too. A couple of Aldi wines came in
A girlie night and three red Aldi wines to enjoy Read More »
Let’s talk about pinks. Yes; perhaps we associate rosé wine with summertime; but as the September weather has been a pleasant surprise we have an excuse to perk it up even more with a pink. The lightest of light pinks are those from Provence in the south of France, a region which has a wine-making history
Wine Press: Provence rosé wines … who needs excuses to perk up with a pink Read More »
THIS girlie, as I write, has a mild red wine hangover. I have tried revitalising shampoo but it hasn’t worked, so I’m going to write to the Shampoo Ombudsman. The reason for my “mild” head? This week the International Wine Challenge announced its Merchant Awards and I was there “quietly” enjoying the occasion. The headlines
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I’M a woman of a certain vintage. Which means I still have a soft spot for David Cassidy, despite the fact he’s gone a bit off the rails lately. I can sing all the words to Barbados by Typically Tropical and I know the correct dance moves to Come On Eileen. I pogoed to Going
A wine vintage explained: it doesn’t guarantee quality Read More »
YOU can have a gentle tremble of a fizz of a wine and a refreshing summer white without breaking the bank or popping any corks. How? With a glass of vinho verde. There’s something easy peasy about these wines; just open a bottle, sit on a garden chair and relax. Nothing much to think about
Easy peasy vinho verde wines are great for summer Read More »