The best thing about my job has to be having the ability to open and try whatever I believe will help sell the product to the customers – unfortunately this doesn’t stretch to Petrus and Romanee-Conti, however it does mean I can try things which I probably wouldn’t normally pay for just to satisfy my…
A couple of weeks ago, I attempted to match human personalities to grape characteristics. Completely unintentionally I suggest the Twilight hero Edward Cullen to suit the profile of Malbec – something to do with its dark, sexy, mysterious nature. Did I mention sexy?? Okay, it could possibly be a coincidence that I have a sickly…
As you can imagine working in an airport you see and deal with a wide variety of people from all sorts of backgrounds. I still after 2 years find it difficult to not crack a smile when people ask for wine from Dubai. You know Dubai, that country in the desert with 50 degree temps…
On a true gastronomical adventure yesterday I found myself spending the afternoon in the luxurious ‘Dubai Marina’ – though I just couldn’t bring myself to prep myself up in heels and spend the afternoon in all the boutiques – I had a true calling and it involved my trusty diamonte jandals (ultimate comfort factor with…
I recently came across a little exquisite half bottle of Schloss Johannisberg 2006 Auslese Riesling – packaged in a traditional flute styled brown bottle – typical of the Rheingau region in Germany. I use to steer clear of anything from those Germans as i believe they have some of the most confusing labels on earth, unless…
The Southern French wine regions have generally been known as table wines, they are affordable and more importantly drinkable… and every now and then you will find one that will really jump out at you. They are much more experimental in this part of France compared to such high reputation regions as Bordeaux and Burgundy…
When you see a dry white wine on the shelf in your local bottle store with Japanese characters on it, its hard not to stop and go ‘what the…’ . With closer inspection you see it says ‘special for sushi’ and then on the back label you find Spanish writing. I swear I am not…
Last night we decided to venture into the pyramids of Dubai – aka a shopping mall based on Egyptian architecture – Wafi. It is a small intimate wine bar that we stumbled across a couple of years ago but due to our attire we weren’t exactly welcome – I understand why people think the wine…
1. The word Amarone comes from the Veronese dialect meaning dry. 2. The definition comes from the comparison with the Recioto, a sweet wine produced in Valpolicella with the same grapes and using the same vinification technique, but leaving a much higher amount of residual sugar. 3. The grapes used are the same as those…