To be honest before now I use to associate Switzerland with cheese, banks and yodeling. I learnt a touch about Swiss wines in my WSET courses however that’s about it. Even working 6 years in wine retail I had never worked in a place that stocked Swiss wines – however I have to admit I had a…
Greetings everyone from Egypt! So our trip has finally started and we are 5 days into our stay in the land of the pharaohs. After getting over the initial shock of the dirt, rubbish, beggars and such of Cairo – we are having an amazing time. Unbeknown to me we have learnt that Egypt actually…
So I am about to leave the UAE in a week and even though I am looking forward to leaving and not looking back, there are a few good memories I have from these past 3 and a half years. If you’re in the region, here are my top 5 picks of where to go…
Some people say it’s hard to finish up work and then take a break for whatever amount of time for whatever reason…. I beg to differ. Today I officially began to enjoy the start of my ‘indefinite travelling’. I am 2 weeks away from leaving the UAE and I have officially packed up my fine…
I admit it – I don’t have any patience. This is why my cellar is under lock and key 14,204km away from where I am. So far this technique is working and I am slowly starting to build up a nice collection of bottles. However recently I was given a bottle of the illustrious Dom…
I don’t about all of you but I just love that feeling of getting buckled into a flying bird with a headset in one hand a plastic glass of grape in the other – ok not the most romantic situation, but who can beat that feeling of the start of a holiday. So here are…
France: le vin = wine le vin blanc = white wine le vin rosé = rosé wine le vin rouge = red wine un verre = glass une bouteille = bottle dégustation de vin = wine tasting Vin doux naturel = A fortified sweet wine Vendange = The harvest or vintage Vendage Tardive = late…
The evolution of the wine world has seen it become not only a sphere for the uber-sophisticated older crowd but now copious amounts of 20 something’s, like myself have immersed themselves in this fascinating world. The only difference between the two groups comes down to the amount of dosh you have to invest in the…
So here I am day after day working in one of the most elite duty-free wine & spirit shops in the world – it’s a hard life for a 25year old Kiwi girl to handle. At any time I can go and caress a bottle of 1947 Petrus or Cheval Blanc, or why not snuggle…