I am fortunate that my brief career as a media sort of person has coincided with some of the most dramatic changes in how media is delivered. [Pedants: note…
Aeternitas, a new Syrah from South Africa
Johan Grimbeek is the winemaker at South African winery Kanu. Through top restaurateur Bertus Basson, I managed to get my hands of a bottle of his home brew – it…
Another new English sparkling wine, Digby Fine English
Here’s another new English sparkling wine. It’s cleverly branded, and the winemaker is Dermot Sugrue, a specialist sparkling winemaker who worked for Nyetimber for three years. Dermot is now based…
A lovely, affordable Greek white wine from Hatzidakis
£10 in your pocket, and looking to pop some white wine? You can’t do much better than this. It’s from Santorini: I’ve never been, but apparently the vines are grown…
Some more great value Portuguese wines
Our holiday in the sunny Algarve draws to a close today. Just a few hours of pool action, then a drive back up to Lisbon. One of the highlights for…
More fun in Portugal, and the Portuguese Cloudy Bay
We’ve had some fun this week. On Wednesday, all three families spent the afternoon on boats. The adults went out on a 53 ft Sunseeker, while the kids were on…
Are smartphones bad for our souls?
I have been a smartphone user for three years. I started off with an HTC Desire, because all my techy friends said that Android was the way to go, and…
Some more great, great value Portuguese wines
OK, promised yesterday, more notes on great Portuguese wines for under 10 Euros. I was delighted to find that two of my favourite Vinho Verdes fitted into this category. These…
Some great, inexpensive Portuguese wines
I have been here in the Algarve for a few days now, and the great news is that you can buy superb Portuguese wines really inexpensively. With a budget of…