I will always remember someone in Nepal saying to me “I have no idea how to make a quality chicken curry but I know what one tastes like!” Sounds like he was into Stoic philosophy as it’s a sentence that… Read More ›
Wine
Bourgogne: The wine villages
Imagine I offered you a glass of Pommard or a Meursault, a Volnay or a St Aubin which would you choose? Or do you buy your wine on the basis of red v white, Chardonnay v Sauvignon Blanc, Australia v… Read More ›
The wine cellars of Burgundy
Combining a wine tasting with a cellar visit in Burgundy, especially in Beaune, is an absolute must for visitors here. It gives you a sense of the history as well as the scale of the wine making operations not only… Read More ›
From wine bluff to wine buff!
A personal story of a personal journey over 50 years tasting wines from Glasgow supermarkets in the 1960s to Premier Cru Pommard in Burgundy.
Wine on a school night!
Originally posted on The Year of Sharon :
So tonight we went to the Wine Society tasting evening hosted at the beautiful Pittville Pump Rooms in Cheltenham. A Christmas present from dad and certainly too good an opportunity to pass when…
Travel: The Two Doctors “Best winemaker awards 2016”
A few of our followers are wine enthusiasts so it seems appropriate to write a review of our best wine experiences of 2016. This year we have visited Spain three times, Italy once, Prague and Hungary once, and France twice,… Read More ›
