Another busy day at the International Wine Challenge today. I had another good, hard-working table, and we tasted 131 wines together. Two flights stood out. The first was a flight…
Day one of the 2010 IWC
Off to the Barbican today, in the City of London, for day 1 of the 2010 instalment of the International Wine Challenge – the world’s largest blind tasting wine competition….
Taste Portuguese wines tomorrow!
A quick plug for a chance to taste Portuguese wines tomorrow at Lord’s. It’s a consumer tasting organized by Viniportugal, and incorporates the ‘Big Tasting’ live with Oz Clarke, in…
Feeling happy on a sunny day
Mood is a strange thing. I just woke up this morning feeling happy. Then the kids were nice. The sun shone. I went for a walk with the dog. Spring…
Epiphytes
Just been walking the dog on Hounslow Heath. Sort of hinting at spring, today, but still quite cold. The highlight of the walk was finding some beautiful epiphytes (a term…
The Times to start charging for content
Today, News International announced that The Times and The Sunday Times will be the first of the UK’s popular broadsheet papers to start charging for content. From June, readers will…
Spring – best season of the year
Although we’ve had some hints of spring over the last weeks, today really feels like the first day of spring, with warm temperatures (just a hint of chill early on),…
Upcoming London Gastronomy Seminar: Cheddar Cheese
Just in case you’ve missed the various announcements, I wanted to draw the attention of readers to the next of the London Gastronomy Seminars. It’s this Friday, at the usual…
Some old family pics, and some thoughts on premox
Popped over to see my parents yesterday, who were staying with my younger sister, Hester. B-in-law William showed me the wines he had lined up for dinner – Ducru Beaucaillou…