An interesting idea – get a bunch of your best customers down to a tasting to root out their favourite wine; then list it. The tastingsRead More

A busy time in the wine trade. It seems the moment the kiddies returned to school the PR companies and retailers received a shot in theRead More

Let me take you to the wilds of Argentina with a video covering a Day In The Life of Argento Winemaker, Silvia Corti. There is aRead More

It’s a non-painful affliction, apart from a certain embarrassment, but I am sure I wasn’t the only one suffering from Malbec finger last week. The conditionRead More

A little food and wine matching experimentation – the food being a roasted beetroot salad (Baked Beetroot with Pancetta and Rocket Aioli) with the choice ofRead More

Given the synergy between food and wine I have long wondered at the lack of ‘combinations’ at tastings. While the industry thrives on gourmet meals (toRead More

What I should have been concerned with was folding the pastry up and over to retain the heavily (overly!) mounded filling. Instead my concerns rested withRead More

A Twtitter shout-out from KRacen asked for ‘something to drink by the side of the pool’. My response? “Something sparkling and frivolous’. Hot weather, an invitingRead More

Wine Tasting Note: Anderas Vineyards Banderas Reserve Chardonnay, 2006, San Juan, Argentina.Available from Sainsbury’s for £5.99. Peachy, baby… peachy. Oh, and pineapply too. It’s big, it’sRead More