Build your understanding of the interaction between wine and culture from thousands of years ago to present day, how wine has become a part of the well known components of culture especially in rituals, art, literature and our day to… Read More ›
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Challenge Your Camera #11 (Revisited) Still Life
My challenge this week was for everyone to learn about and have a go at some still life photography. I showed a few examples of my own involving beans, carrots, cogs and …. a breakfast. Each involved me being in… Read More ›
How to blog the perfect wine post
Originally posted on Vinthropology:
It is a very special feeling to be mesmerised and enchanted by the small things in life- something we experience as children and regretfully seem to forget as we grow older. Le Vigne di Raito is…
Wines 101 #1 Is this the best Chablis in the world?
Wines 101 is the title of my bucket list of wines to taste inspired by the book of the same name by Margaret Rand. Margaret has selected 101 wines from around the world that she believes demonstrate certain qualities making… Read More ›
Is English Wine “sparkling” enough?
English sparkling wine …… a bit of a mouthful to ask for in your local supermarket when if you want something French, Italian or Spanish all you have to ask for is Champagne, Prosecco or Cava! Time for some serious… Read More ›
English Wine: Red Kites and Roman Forts
During the current Covid pandemic most of us have been buying so many things online that couriers like DPD are up and down our small street every day. Then a week ago a large box arrived on our doorstep recently… Read More ›
Where is your favourite place to drink wine?
Having just spent a few months writing my new book “It’s Not About The Wine” on reflection I was never short of material in writing this 50 year memoir of being a wino! In fact it got harder and harder… Read More ›
