Interesting article in The Independent about the proposed bill to ban the use of salt in the kitchens of New York’s restaurants. The motivation? To reduce the salt consumption of…
Lambing live
Here in the Goode household we’ve been watching BBC2’s Lambing Live, a series of programs screened live, with some prerecorded material, at 8 pm every evening this week. It follows…
Tesco press tasting and filing my US tax return at the embassy
The Tesco press tasting was held today, on a fruit day (according the biodynamic calendar). The wines tasted pretty good, and I found plenty that will end up in my…
Recently on the main wineanorak site
Some meaty stuff on the main wineanorak.com site of late: AA Badenhorst Family Wines: reviewing Adi Badenhorst’s impressive Swartland wines Pierre Morey/Morey Blanc: part 3 of my report on a…
Study linking off-licences to violent neighbourhoods – flawed conclusions?
There’s a news item on The Drinks Business website reporting a study in the USA, presented at the AAAS meeting (one of the USA’s most important cross-disciplinary scientific conferences) showing…
Hester’s 40th, Fabrice and an imperial of Sauternes
Just back from my younger sister Hester’s 40th celebrations, held in a marquee in the gardens of her home in Gerrards Cross. Brother-in-law William had secured the services of star…
Wine tasters invade a scientific research community
Interesting side-story on the much-tweeted SITT tasting today. The wine social media community – me included – used the #SITT twitter hash tag without testing it first. The result is…
Some lovely wines tasted at SITT
Top wines of the SITT tasting, February 24th 2010 Here’s a selection of some of my favourite wines from today’s SITT (SITT = specialist importers trade tasting). It’s now a…
Wine and sleep
I drink wine most nights. And in reasonable, but not excessive quantities. But on the nights when I go to bed without drinking, my sleep is different. First of all,…