General
I’ve tried one of these ‘Oooh fancy!’ Australian lime marmalades before. This example comes from Rainforest Foods and it is made solely from finger limes which grow in the …
Burgundy
I’ve been reading a new wine forum, Wine Berserkers, it is quite a fun place. People there seem generally enthusiastic and knowledgeable about wine, and they are a friendly …
Cider
This ‘missing out on lunch’-method of losing lard seems to be working quite well for me. What is even better (although not perhaps on the ‘minimising calorie intake’-front) is …
Alsace
The first three bottles of Alsace Grand Cru Riesling were showing terribly well. Then we had a blind tasting challenge courteousy of the that excellent chap Captain ‘The Kid’ …
News
If you live in the UK you will have encountered the news that Cadbury, the iconic British chocolate manufacturer, has been snapped up by the American ciggie company Philip …
Beer
I’ve mentioned that I am trying to shed some lard from my frame. As usual, today I have been crazily hungry and desperate to have a substantial lunch. Yet …
Bars
The BBC, favourite news outlet of the neo-prohibitionists thanks to its relentlessly uncritical reporting, has an article on the new code of conduct that will be introduced for pubs …
General drinking
I Tweeted about the ‘terrible’ problems that Buckfast Tonic Wine (and it is really wine in a euphemistic sense) seems to be causing in Scotland as reported on the …
General
The partner and I have got a bit too porky in recent years, so over the past couple of months we have made a conscious effort to shed some …
Burgundy
I’m normally happy to pop a bottle of Morey-Saint-Denis wine, but this is far from one of the most pleasing examples I’ve had. Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru Faconnieres 2005, Virgile …
