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Domaine Gueguen Bed and Breakfast in ChablisA delightful bed and breakfast in Prehy, just outside Chablis. A welcoming English speaking couple, Celine and Frederic Gueguen, a lovely room (€20 per person) and
Dusty Wine BottlesA corner of a cellar, a stack of wine bottles gathering dust. Uncertain if these are wines being given some serious age or just discarded, The
Have Wine What Cheese?It has been pointed out that the most popular post on Spittoon is not that helpful. A list of Matching Cheese and Wine is great but
Matching Cheese and WineA recent trip though the Chablis area of Burgundy was enlivened by the consumption of large quantities of cheese! One particularly runny Epoisses being highly memorable
Visiting Cava Country - Juve y CampsIt would have been great to have spent more time at the Juve I Camps winery. The complex is huge with a plethora of photographic opportunities.
Silenius the Roman God of BeerA photo of a print on the wall of the Vinseum of Wine Cultures of Catalonia. I thought originally this was a depiction of Bacchus; ugly
Visiting Cava Country - Museum of Wine Cultures of CataloniaAcross the Jaume I Square from the gothic Church of Santa Maria in Vilafranca del Penedes, housed in converted Royal Palace buildings sits the Vinseum –
Christmas WinesThere will be gin cocktails and silly paper hats. There will be mince pies and Doctor Who on the telly. There will also be more wine
Podere Ruggeri Corsini Langhe Bianco, 2011, Langhe BiancoThe note on the Humble Grape website underplays the beauty of this Italian white. There is a softness to the palates delicious flavours with a streak
Wine Grape Pool at Chateau La DominiqueThere is a roof top restaurant at Chateau La Dominique in Bordeaux. It has a very good reputation. While we enjoyed a little wine tasting in
Visiting Cava Country – Sant Sadurni d’AnoiaOn the surface the town of Sant Sadurni d’Anoia is rather non-descript. Most of the town sits on a hill above the Laverno River. Apart from
Cava Country - Vines in the FogA foggy day in Cava country; a pre-breakfast wander from the hotel over the road to a vineyard. Not a clue who owns it nor the
Absolutely Cracking Wines From FrancePerhaps you caught Anthony Rose’s article in the Independent the other day (15th November)? He made it to the Absolutely Cracking Wines From France tasting, a
Beer 52 The Craft Beer Discovery ClubIts official I’m wined out. Over two weeks of non-stop wine tasting, wine dinners and wine drinking and I am in need of a beer. Just
Chablis Wineries: Wine Barrels At Jean-Marc BrocardTo be honest after awhile oak wine barrels loose their attraction. Multiple winery visits in the space of a few days and all the cellars, all
Bacchus Haut Sarpe Style
Bacchus, here resplendent with bulbous red nose and bushy red beard, as painted on the side of a wine barrel. Chateau Haut Sarpe, deep in theRead More
Petit Comptoir Francais
I cooked a guinea fowl the other week. Stuffed to the rafters with cured ham, walnuts, raisins and parsley. It was so stuffed in fact thatRead More
The Ceiling At Max Bordeaux
You can drink – or rather sip, seeing the prices – some of the most luxurious of wines in Max Bordeaux. They had Chateau Haut-Brion 2007Read More
Visiting Cava Country - Juve y Camps
It would have been great to have spent more time at the Juve I Camps winery. The complex is huge with a plethora of photographic opportunities.
Read MoreSilenius the Roman God of Beer
A photo of a print on the wall of the Vinseum of Wine Cultures of Catalonia. I thought originally this was a depiction of Bacchus; ugly
Read MoreVisiting Cava Country - Museum of Wine Cultures of Catalonia
Across the Jaume I Square from the gothic Church of Santa Maria in Vilafranca del Penedes, housed in converted Royal Palace buildings sits the Vinseum –
Read MoreVisiting Cava Country – Sant Sadurni d’Anoia
On the surface the town of Sant Sadurni d’Anoia is rather non-descript. Most of the town sits on a hill above the Laverno River. Apart from
Read MoreDomaine Gueguen Bed and Breakfast in Chablis
A delightful bed and breakfast in Prehy, just outside Chablis. A welcoming English speaking couple, Celine and Frederic Gueguen, a lovely room (€20 per person) and
Read MoreChablis Wineries: Wine Barrels At Jean-Marc Brocard
To be honest after awhile oak wine barrels loose their attraction. Multiple winery visits in the space of a few days and all the cellars, all
Read MoreChablis Wineries: J Moreau Winery Bay Doors
Not all wineries are housed in grand chateaux, nor in quaint country houses or ultra modern architect designed complexes. Some are housed in little more than
Read MoreThe Church of Sainte Claire Prehy
To the South West of the village of Chablis lies the hamlet of Préhy. If you take the D2 from Chablis you eventually pass this church,
Read MoreDusty Wine Bottles
A corner of a cellar, a stack of wine bottles gathering dust. Uncertain if these are wines being given some serious age or just discarded, The
Read MoreMoustachioed Wine Man
Somewhere during the visit to Pichon Longueville I spotted this sad looking chap. The drooped shoulders just add to his unhappy demeanour or maybe its the
Read MoreWinery Outbuilding Chateau Mauvesin-Barton
A photo taken in Bordeaux for this weeks Sunday Wine Shot – rather apt as the group who went on the trip are meeting for a
Read MoreBacchus Haut Sarpe Style
Bacchus, here resplendent with bulbous red nose and bushy red beard, as painted on the side of a wine barrel. Chateau Haut Sarpe, deep in the
Read MoreView of Vila Nova De Gaia
The weather wasn’t really playing along. It was cold, the wind was chilling things down further, and frankly the thought of a cosy breakfast was far
Read MoreVisiting a Port House: Ramos Pinto
Just behind the lower end of the cable car ride in Vila Nova de Gaia stands a proud, mustard coloured building. This is the lodge for
Read MoreQuinta do Portal Douro Portugal
On the flight home from Oporto, while waiting with increasing excitement the imminent arrival of the in-flight sandwich, I flicked through the TAP magazine. I had
Read MoreIVDP Library
The regulator and testing centre for all still and fortified wine produced in the Douro Valley is housed in a suitably majestic building in the heart
Read MoreNickel Above The Dollar Cocktail Recipe
It was only open for two days – a pop-up Tanqueray experience at Six Fitzroy Square, off Warren Street in London. Top notch Tanqueray cocktails served
Read MoreVideo: Tanqueray No. Ten Silver Martini Cocktail
This month Tanqueray No. TEN celebrated at WORLD CLASS, the annual search for the globe’s best bartenders, hosted in the heart of London at 33 Fitzroy
Read MoreQcumber and Gin
Cucumber – an occasional garnish for a gin and tonic and one that works best with herbaceous-led gins. Looking at the likes of Caorunn and Gin
Read MoreCocktails at Scarfes
I have to say I do love this bar. The plush, slightly eclectic décor had me as I walked through the door, while the cocktails were
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