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

Who would realise under a small pop-up shop just a short walk from Holborn station were labyrinthine halls substantial enough to host a large consumer wineRead More

The ceiling detail of the Livery Hall in the Vintners Hall, spiritual home of the wine trade in the UK, the Vintners’ Company, one of London’sRead More

A rare privilege, a few weeks ago, of a chance to sample some Texan wines here in the UK. You don’t see much, if any, TexanRead More

Rather pleased with this photo; so chuffed in fact that rather than keeping it for a Sunday Wine Shot slot later in the year, as originallyRead More

In the never-ending hunt for great and not too expensive places to eat in London the Angel and Crown in Soho has to be one ofRead More

In retrospect perhaps overly ambitious; a thousand word article accompanied by a whole host of photographs. The editor bounced back the invoice “14 photographs too many;Read More