I received a message on Instagram asking which wines are best to accompany asparagus. It was a good question because there are foods that can have a negative impact on the flavours of a wine. When thinking of wine and food pairings it is important
During this period of lockdown sales of wine online have increase significantly. At this point I have to declare a personal interest as the owner of an online wine store called The Wine Place. The title of this article is ‘who buys wine?’. According to
In life hope and fear is what keeps us going. There has never been so much written about when this crisis is over, which one day it will be, things will not be the same. The Press and TV want drama and speculation, not normality,
Viognier is the most aromatic and scented grape in the world. Its home is in France, in Condrieu, which is in the Rhone Valley, just below Côte Rotie. In fact it is thought that it was the Romans who brought Viognier from Dalmatia
As part of my daily routine during lockdown I have been reading my old wine books, many of which I have not looked at since the time I was studying for wine exams. I am currently reading ‘Sherry’ (Jerez) by Julian Jeffs. It was originally
