As I usually do on a Monday morning, I have selected a few CDs, cranked up the stereo and now am doing my best to write some interesting stories about wine.
Tomorrow is very special as it is the annua...
As I write this on Monday morning the memory of the wine that we opened last night, because it was Easter, is just so fresh.
Now that a few of our words are included in the latest printing of the Ox...
Not knowing what in the world to expect I have just stocked up on groceries and included a ham that we will certainly have over the Easter weekend.
I confess to not having made a double-headstick “r...
Spring has sprung, the days are longer and wine requirements are changing.
It is time for the latest vintage of a classic favourite and we have 2019 Chateau D’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé. Created b...
At the end of last summer Forbes magazine ran an article on popular pandemic wines based on statistics from a home delivery service called Minibar Delivery.
In the top ten, over half were wines that...
Before I tell you about some our most popular wines that are thankfully now back in stock, I had better take care of International Riesling Day, as it is celebrated tomorrow.
2018 Dr Loosen Dr L R...
Last week I featured Italian wines for the supporters of Luna Rossa as it challenges New Zealand for the world’s oldest sports trophy, the 1851 America’s Cup.
Even though New Zealand has done a rema...
Computerised machines flying at speeds exceeding 50 miles per hour – certainly nothing I envisioned during my 40 years of racing sailing vessels.
Starting on March 6, for only the third time since 18...
On January 29 I wrote of the vintage chart for Bordeaux, an area where the Romans found vines growing when they arrived some 2,000 years ago.
I then said how between 1959 and 2016 there were only two ...
Here is a question to ask your partner on this Valentine’s weekend: how would you like to try a glass of Picpoul de Pinet?
You can tell them that it is a refreshing dry, white wine that originates in...
