The wonderful Bruce Jack sent me a bottle of a new wine that he’s making under his Flagstone label. Just 200o bottles of this Pinotage, from a single vineyard high…
Video: tasting the 2012 Grosset Springvale and Polish Hill Rieslings
Two beautiful wines. The Grosset 2012 Polish Hill and Springvale Rieslings. Here I taste them on camera.
A nice affordable Chinese red
Waitrose are currently stocking this rather nice Chinese red. It is made from the Cabernet Gernischt grape variety, a cross of Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc. I tasted another wine from…
Video: tasting 3 beers, comparing beer glasses
Most readers will be familiar with the wide array of wine glasses on sale, and the art of matching the right wine to the right glass. Well, what about beer?…
A decent Romanian red
This attractive, supple red comes from Romania, and more specifically from foothills of the Transylvanian Alps near Drăgăsani. It’s made from the native Novac grape variety; native grapes are the real focus of…
Motivation matters in blogging and social media
Motivations are often mixed. We are people, after all, and people do people stuff. Despite the difficulty in understanding our own motivational state, I think the motivation behind blog posts and tweets…
A great day of rugby and Rhone wines
Continuing a rather sporty weekend, on Saturday I was a guest of InterRhone at the Twickenham double header. Two games of premiership rugby and a feed, with good company and…
A brilliant red for under £6
I’m always delighted to be able to find a wine that ROCKS for very little money. And here is one such wine. I tried a sample on Thursday, and returned…
Some nice wine at the cricket
Great day out at the Oval yesterday, to watch the one day international between South Africa and England. I was with Justin Howard Sneyd of Laithwaites, and we were sitting…