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Enaleni’s Dream Chardonnay and Shiraz Social Wine winner The world’s first ever crowd-sourced wine has launched following the success of a nationwide competition to find a new wine logo design. A housewife from Buckinghamshire,
Favourite Wintertime WinesA challenge – pick three wines (one red, one white and a sparkling) as your ‘Favourite Wintertime Wines’ with the stipulation that they must all retail
Wine On Board The Queen Mary 2Cunard – the luxury cruise liner – have celebrated their 200th Transatlantic Crossing of the luxurious Queen Mary 2. Next year also sees the Queen Mary
A Wine For Leftovers“Leftovers” – a simple word that frankly filled me with dread as a kid. “What’s for dinner” and “leftovers” gave thoughts of reheated cheese quiche (a
Tuscany Excellence Montecarlo WhiteSo the gauntlet was thrown, the first of several as it transpired. The challenge was to create a recipe using a jar of Italian sauce and
Hidden Valley Shipwreck ShirazWonder who woke up one morning and thought it would be a grand wheeze to drop a barrel brimming with Shiraz into the sea, “just to
Flaviar - A new way to discover premium spiritsDid you know that due to the tropical climate common to Rum-producing areas, Rum matures at a much faster rate than is typical for Whisky or
Tenuta di Fessina VineyardIt’s about as far from an Ansel Adams as you could get; but here is an attempt at a black and white landscape scene. The location
Barrel Cellar Senorio de OtazuIt is an impressive building, still being constructed as far as I could tell. And certainly set up to cater for tourists. There is a small
Grape Harvest at Ochoa, Navarra, SpainA fantastic few days just spent in Navarra, Spain. Made even more special as the visit coincided with the grape harvest. Quite a unique experience as
Rockfish Restaurant PlymouthTo be honest the Tonnix failed to impress. Despite the funky art label and the “white wine for seafood” descriptive this white Douro lack a little
Nino Franco Faìve Rosé Brut Spumante I felt it on the breeze, that subtle change of the seasons as a breeze sent shivers through a rose bush. The last of the summer
Our Olive OilA slightly different Sunday Wine Spot photo – for one it certainly isn’t wine. Several years ago Penny Hale and her husband Martin upped-sticks from South
First Great Western Pullman Service“I didn’t even realise anyone ran a Pullman dining car these days…” The reaction I’ve received from everyone I’ve mentioned my recent dining experience too. But
Tenuta di Fessina Vineyard PanoramaMaking full use of the centuries of Mount Etnas deposits the vines at Tenuta di Fessina produce some lovely wines. Here, with Mount Etna behind us,
Combinations: Matching an Austrian Dessert with Wine.
It would seem I had a little more success with the semolina dumplings than Eating Leeds. Mine held up well, still a little lumpy perhaps, butRead More
Top 100 Vin De Pays Tasting
The great and the good of the UK wine world (and no that doesn’t include me) tasted a few wines earlier in the year and cameRead More
Wine for Risotto – WBW #21 & IMBB #26 Fabulous Favourites Festival.
Wine Blogging Wednesday #21 and Is My Blog Burning #26 (two of the grand ol’ dames of the food blog world) combine this month in aRead More
Combinations 2: Wine to accompany an Austrian dessert.
Beau, the fancy shirted chap behind Basic Juice, is off to Austria; and by heck don’t he want everyone to know about it! Discovering an oldishRead More
Wine Tasting Note: Gaia Estate 14-18 Rosé, 2004, Peloponnese, Greece.
Wine Tasting Note: Gaia Estate 14-18 Rosé, 2004, Peloponnese, Greece.Available from Oddbins for £5.99.A few friends, some wonderfully warm weather, a free-flowing rosé to accompany aRead More
Combinations: Matching Baked Mackerel With Wine.
Defying its simplicity, the recipe for Baked Mackerel served with a Rhubarb sauce or compote, produces a delicious main course. Rhubarb is now in season, mackerelRead More
Chimney Creek Sauvignon Blanc, 2004, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Wine Tasting Note: Chimney Creek Sauvignon Blanc, 2004, Marlborough, New Zealand.Available from Oddbins (2006) for £6.99Yet another Kiwi Sauvignon. You all know the drill – fresh,Read More
George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery.
For the first time in 200 years, 18th century-style stills are being installed at the soon-to-be reconstructed George Washington’s Whiskey Distillery in America. Daily Press“The distillery,Read More
Wine Tasting Note: Fox Creek Verdelho, 2004, South Australia.
A single varietal but not a Chardonnay, a Sauvignon or a Riesling, the theme for this months Wine Blogging Wednesday. Scouring the shelves of Chile andRead More
Deep Space Alcohol.
Universe Today reports that astronomers have located a gigantic cloud of alcohol surrounding a stellar nursery. The cloud measures half a trillion km across (300 billionRead More
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