I rather like the contrast between the bright and new, ultra-modern spotlights and the rough-hewn, cellar ceiling still in place after hundreds of years of use.Read More

The Wine Odyssey Australia or the place I first sampled Grange… There was more than a touch of the decadent, of a burlesque establishment, especially inRead More

Many a happy hour was spent in the Oddbins flagship store deciding on the contents of the Oddbins Wine Bloggers Case; here four photographs taken duringRead More

A dusty corner of the Freixenet winery cellar, visited as part of an excellent tour earlier this year (written up as Visiting Freixenet). The Freixenet WineryRead More

One of the first discoveries during the Naked Wines Australia visit, the wonderful setting of Le Kiosk, Shelly Beach, Manly. It is a hastily grabbed shot;Read More

The Judgement of Paris 1976 [wikipeida] as depicted on a huge wall mural at The Vineyard in Stockcross, Berkshire. My wide angle has distorted the paintingRead More

I was early and left to my own devices in the lounge of the Vineyard. After a few photographs of the furnishings and debating slipping aRead More

This cellophane wrapped bottle – a double magnum I believe – is what £20,000 worth of wine looks like. You can buy it; it is justRead More

A fitting finale to my run of posts covering a rather excellent trip to Barcelona and Freixenet is this panorama of the Freixenet owned Segura ViudasRead More

Certain circles of twitter are in a tweeting frenzy concerning this Autumns Wine Bloggers Conference (or Digital Communications Conference as it is now called). This yearRead More