Getting bored of French or Australian wine and want to mix things up? Why not swap your Friday eveing bottle of vino with one from the following countries – to find the nearst store to you, click here. 1. Egypt I had to do a double take when I saw ‘Made in Egypt’ wine in…
Having spent the last 6 weeks in London I was eager to get out of the city and explore further a field. Of course being the obsessed oenophile that I am, it just had to be an adventure that involved wine. So after bending Mr. Spittoon’s rubber arm we decided to take his snazzy rental VW…
To be honest, I don’t know a whole lot about English wine other than drips and drabs on some of their sparkling wines that have emerged on the international wine scene over the last few years. My first lesson was not making the mistake of calling it British wine, which is wine made in Britain…
Being a female, I have that tendency to like pushing through the crowds to browse stall after stall at the local markets. Friday it was Camden markets browsing the 50’s pinup girl inspired clothes; Sunday it was the local farmers market to gather ingredients for a Sunday roast and Saturday it was the famous and…
There is always that conundrum of what can you possibly make with all those bits and pieces in your fridge without having to go out to the supermarket. It sounds so lazy doesn’t it, but I did manage to conquer that conundrum. For a long time now I have been craving a baked potato, not…
I arrived into London a fortnight ago after 7 months of traveling throughout Europe, you could say it was a well deserved break after living and working for 4 years in the sandpit of Dubai. Man oh man can I say it was a refreshing experience arriving into England. It’s nice to be able to…
What more could you ask for over the winter season, but a cabin in Finnish Lapland with copious amounts of food, endless laughter from great company and some local booze to wash it all down with. The three most important words in the Finnish culture are; ice-hockey, alcohol and sauna. So naturally being a country…
The Champagne house of Charles Mignon is an easy 10-minute walk from the Epernay train station. We were lucky enough to be shown around the facility by the Winemaker himself – Fabian Daviaux. Although the house is on the small side, they actually have another facility on the other side of Epernay, which helps them…
It was only by luck that I came across a snippet on an Internet article about the Montefioralle Estate about 2km’s out of Greve in Chianti. I sent off e-mails to various estates, as I knew having only given 2 days notice that many people wouldn’t get back to me. Luckily for me, Lorenzo Sieni…