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RIP whatinterests and the Elitist Review photoblog emerges from its ashes

My old photoblog at whatinterests.davidstrange.net was all very nice, but sub-optimal in many ways. Also, the webcam software for my phone stopped working after a ROM upgrade… Rising up to replace that site is the Elitist Review Photoblog hosted by that kind chap Mr Flickr. I can upload pictures from my phone, tag them and [...]


Picture blogging

A few people have said I should sign up for Twitter. I know little of it, but I seem to be aware that I have more to say than it allows, and I don’t say it that often. It wouldn’t really work. Moreover, I like to run my own sites, it is good to keep [...]


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A brief report from the London Wine and Spirit Trade Fair

The Elitist Review editorial team took a visit to the London Wine and Spirits Trade Fair last Thursday. Here we are: In that picture we are drinking tasting Taylor’s 1985, which was quite delicious. Very soft, mature and accessible, I thought. Mentzendorff also had some Taylor’s Quinta de Vargellas 2001 which was terribly impressive, quite [...]


Fresh out of the loony bin

This is what several weeks of being mad makes you look like

I’m out of the bin, wehay! A tasting note will follow later tonight.


A sort of personal ad

Blame my community psychiatric nurse for this, all his idea. I didn’t say it was necessarily a bad idea, though… Do you find your weekdays dragging? Do you find yourself filled with ideas about things to do but no one to do them with? Fancy the odd pint? Yes, I am advertising for friends. If [...]


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An odd sort of shameless bragging

I was looking at the distribution of grape varieties in my wine collection: It pleases me very much that I have more Mourvèdre than Chardonnay, albeit by a single bottle. Syrah is a bit high, but Riesling and Pinot Noir hold the top spots, as well they should. Nebbiolo seems high and Chenin Blanc seems [...]

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