Category: Rants
Non-alcoholic
When we were away for larks in Burgundy and Alsace my chum Non-Stinky Jeff ordered a bottle of iced tea at a drinking establishment. Cue sneers and disapproving looks. …
Perry
Westons Perry. It is terribly good, really fruity, with good body and a fine fizz. The thing you’ve got to love most about it, though, is that lovely, lovely …
Buying recommendations
I keep thinking I should write a ‘hilarious bargains of the wine world’ post for here. Two wines that would feature near the top of that list are Manzanilla …
Alsace
I’ve mentioned before that I am not the biggest fan of Zind-Humbrecht wines, all too often they are booze-tastic monsters. I’ve seen them clocking in at 16.5% in the …
Rants
The chef Gordon Ramsay is in the news. My opinion of his has dropped somewhat since I first went to his flagship joint in Royal Hospital Road. My first …
Rants
Specifically, I am thinking about the availability of quality booze from supermarkets. When I was a fresh young thing, many, many years ago, the drinks you could buy in …
Non-alcoholic
I neck about a litre of Diet Coke a day; the anti-psychotics I take sedate me and I rely on caffeine to lash my mind into a less moronic, …
Burgundy
Yesterday we were at Lord’s having a whale of a time watching England thrash the West Indies by ten wickets. Ha! We drank some good wine. We started off …
Bordeaux
I’m just engaged in a little exchange of text messages with a chum. He asks if he should buy 2005 Jamet Cote-Rotie for £20 a bottle. Brilliant wine at …
Cider
My last post on the vat of cider the neighbours and us necked last night may not have been entirely transparent. Like wine, cider is a partially spoiled product, …
