Can you have ‘a bit of’ an epiphany or does that make a nonsense of the word – a bit like being ‘almost’ unique? Anyway, I’ve certainly seen the light recently with a few wines I thought I’d got to grips with, only to be surprised – in a good way. This time, the case ...
Delivery from Reserve Wines, Didsbury. Hope you are all keeping well. Somewhat ridiculously, I’ve discovered that I live within about a 15 minute walk of some stunning small parks and gardens (I’m ashamed to admit I’d never visited), a stretch of the trans-Pennine trail and some great pathways by the river Mersey. It’s ironic that ...
Hope you are all keeping well – what strange times we find ourselves in! As all my upcoming tasting events have been cancelled, I thought it was an opportune moment to dust off my, somewhat underused, blog and post a few reviews of wines I’ve had delivered to my door. There are a lot of ...
With snow on the ground and icicles hanging from my balcony, I bring you some of my faves from the Aldi Spring wine collection! If, like me, you are sweltering with the heating on full blast, you could almost fool yourself into thinking you might fancy a chilled glass of rosé. If so, you are ...
People who want to know more about wine often tell me they: Lack confidence when reading a restaurant wine list – especially when out with ‘wine buffs’ Don’t want to turn up at a friend’s house with ‘embarrassing bottles’ (they should make a programme about that) Are confused by the choice available The latter is ...
Fresh back from my WSET Diploma studies, I’ve found out that of the UK wine drinking public, around 60% are women. A large proportion of those are ‘Boomers’ (over 50’s to you and me). Yet most people still feel anxious and confused when buying wine – why? To use marketing terminology, “buying wine is a ...
Has anyone noticed the price of Prosecco is going up? With the increasing popularity of Italy’s famous sparkling wine, I’m surprised we don’t hear this reported on the news alongside the price of crude oil and the latest on the FTSE index. I know it isn’t what you’d call EXPENSIVE, but prices, even in supermarkets, ...
Excuse the rather clumsy play on words, anything to grab a headline. Of course we are talking about client entertaining, but you worked that out already, right? Gone are the days of long ‘boozy’ lunches, for most anyway. Yet client entertaining is still a valuable way of maintaining relationships and of course thanking them ...
A wine blog in ‘Dry January’? Well, YES actually. If it makes you feel better, it’s about a wine naturally on the low-side in terms of alcohol and calories…Champagne! 2015 finished in spectacular style at Cracking Wine HQ with the UK’s first Fizz Festival firmly under our belt and what a corker it was too. Pictures here:https://crackingwine.co.uk/fizzfestival ...
This week, we heard the news that Scotland has made it’s own wine….hurray….but that is undrinkable….boo! These weren’t mean words from the wine press, but from Christopher Trotter, the winemaker himself and was widely reported in the national press. I can’t read the article without thinking “One day Rodders, we’ll be millionaires” but perhaps that ...
