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Beautiful things (that are not wine)

I have ranted about Sarah-Jane Selwood ceramics on this blog; OK they are not wine, but they are beautiful things. In order to reward myself for surviving a freaking awful time and a brush with death I have decided to buy myself a little piece by her. I have owned four little pieces by her [...]


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Nothing to do with wine

I feel extremely fortunate to have acquired a beautiful thing today. Not a bottle of Musigny, but there are other interesting things out there. I also collect contemporary ceramics, and now have seven pieces by the talented, imaginative and reasonably hot Sarah-Jane Selwood. This is a fairly dodgy picture of the wonderful bowl I purchased. [...]


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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