As if the recent James Suckling dot com teaser videos weren’t bad enough, now we have two more horrors. They are two rather awful videos supporting natural cork. A strange,…
Photos: my flickr feed
Flickr feed is a nifty tool that presents a slideshow of recently uploaded pictures. Here’s mine:
A little, fat, furry slug – now a week old
Forgive the non-wine related indulgence of a post on our little sluggy – RTL’s singleton pup. She’s now a week old, and doing very well. Soon she will open her…
Making coffee: my new toy
I’m not a coffee geek. But I am interested in coffee, although I know there’s a great deal to learn about the subject (including some juicy flavour chemistry). I’ve just…
Rosie’s new arrival
I arrived back from Chile this morning to find out that Rosie The Labradoodle had given birth at 0815. Just one puppy – a girl, and she looks like she’ll…
Elqui: visiting the Tololo observatory
On Saturday morning we drove up to the Tololo observatory. Elqui is famous for its clear skies and lack of light pollution – a perfect place for a light telescope,…
A quick post from the road – wonderful experiences
Too much to write about. Too little time. And too slow an internet connection to post photographs. The last two days have been incredible. I have learned a great deal….
My wine, 2006 vintage
Just opened a bottle of the wine I made in 2006 (see my blog posts from then here and here.) After bottling, I was disappointed: it had a bit of…
My picks from the Virgin press tasting, after taking son to hospital
Spent the morning in Kingston Hospital with older son. Last Saturday he broke his collarbone playing rugby, down in Somerset at school. So he’s been home all week, and this…