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Richard’s Christmas 2018 Ramblings

Champagne Cynic 2018 I started my wine journey many years before I could afford to buy anything that was famous. I think I had one bottle of Champagne my entire life before age 25 (it was Moet, needless to say). Champagne is probably the most…

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Winter Wine fair 2017 – The Top 10

Another year, another festive Grog-laden extravarganza. 180 lovely customers braved the chill and came along to sample over 100 of our tastiest wines. 2.5 hours later, as they wandered away with a slight spring in their step, orders were placed for cases of lovlieness. So,…

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Who wants to live forever?

There is a little bit of a nip in the air in the mornings now. This is the first time in 11 years since Ben Nevis had no snow at the top, but it will be back soon enough. Some of us will switch back…

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Chile

Chile I was lucky enough to be invited on a trip to Chile and Argentina this month by a very nice vendor of South American wines. Having never been I thought it would be polite to accept the offer of an 11 day break in…

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Five Stars!

Always happy when we get and retain a five star rating. We couldn't do it all without you. Thanks    

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Does a Teaspoon keep your fizz fizzier longer?

errr, I don't think so mate. I understand that Carbon Dioxide comes out slower when cooler (that is why you chill your fizz to start with.) But,....a spoon cooling it to prevent bubbles coming out? That's not going to happen. Best to just finish the…

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Malta Part 2 (November 2016)

Malta Part 2 You may, or may not, have read an article by myself a few months ago about some Maltese tourists who got stuck in the mud in their VW transporter in Drumguish. The gist of the story was that the kindness of William…

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If you had a vineyard March 2016

 It must be a daydream of many people in the UK to own a vineyard somewhere sunny, particularly when the rain is pelting down outside. The ideal of lounging around on the porch, watching the grapes slowly ripen in the fields around you. The occasional…

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An annual pilgrimage

As we came in to land into Milan Malpensa airport, the lights of the suburbs looked idyllic. The plane glided in nearly on schedule. Sadly the – presumably trainee - pilot forgot to cut the engines & we bounced onto, & then off, the runway.…

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Is Bag in Box the future?

In the past 11 years bulk shipping of wine to bottling plants in the UK has exploded with an astonishing 50% of all wine sold in the UK now being bottled on British soil. Everyone is at it, even Marks and Spencer does it for…

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The Maltese quest for a distillery

One wonders what goes through the minds of an average tourist coming to Scotland. Like it or lump it we have an international reputation for about 5 things. We can haggle over the order they appear in the mind of a foreigner but we will…

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Burgundy September 2016

  Probably one of the most famous wine production areas of the world stretches along a limestone escaprment running South from Dijon down to the town of Macon in central France. The majority of the area of Burgundy is made up of the region of…

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