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Tips and curiosities

The wine list can be a very good way to judge a restaurant. Just be glancing the wine list, without being a wine expert,

To taste wine correctly is easy, it only requires practise. Recently I have been tasting lots of wines with students doing the WSET wine

Most food and wine rules are based on half truths rather than scientific evidence. The reality is that most wine can be

The term ‘Old Vines’ on a label is considered to add a certain prestige and quality to the wine in the bottle as it

Nowadays there is so much choice of wine from all over the world that the traditional way of thinking about wine by region Rioja,

There are many ways to pair wines with vegetarian food by following the same rules as you would when paring wines with meat dishes.

We know that the taste of wine is influenced by how we are feeling, if relaxed and happy wine will taste smoother and fruitier

Australia’s vineyards stretch from Perth in Western Australia to the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, which is like driving from Valencia to Moscow in

I was in a bar last week when a young woman came up and asked the barman for a glass of Rosé with lemonade.

Black Friday marks the start of the Christmas season. A good wine can be an ideal present and you don’t have to spend a