Late Harvest

This should be a white week but given the difficulty of finding a wine that has an association with the letter Q pale pink will have to do. ...

 As you won't recall, I tend to enjoy the wines of Western Australia and especially Margaret River, that cool climate region to the sout...

We were away in Crete recently, so this entry is  a catch-up as try though I did none of the local wines on that island satisfied my selecti...

Back in the 1980s & 90s I lived in Kent, only 40 minutes from the Channel ports and, later, what we used to call the 'Chunnel'. ...

In discussions about potential future holidays Chile often is suggested. I hope one day that we do in fact follow up on this suggestion, not...

You probably know that whereas most 'quality' wines are labeled with the date of the vintage (i.e. the year in which the grapes were...

We had a family gathering this weekend and much fun it was, too. We gathered to celebrate the youngest adult's 30th birthday and also, b...

I spoke too soon. The Russians have invaded Ukraine and suddenly the world feels a little less settled. Things like this put unnecessary ama...

There are some nasty rumblings in the news about the intentions of the Russians and a potentially disastrous conflict with Ukraine. Hopefull...

We are already six weeks into 2022 and heading quickly towards a series of family celebrations of varying significance, from a 15th wedding ...

I was reminded of a friend and former colleague as I was scanning the wine wall this week who, about 15 years ago, had a Friday night habit ...

One of the joys of getting older is observing how various organs of the body start to perform differently. Or, to put it another way, how mo...

We have reached the end of dry January and it hasn't been too bad for me. Mostly because I pay no heed to the very idea of it and haven...

Almost exactly a year ago I chose to write a few words about a bottle of Chablis that had been received as a gift. I had forgotten this unti...

This week's choice was made easy for me by a generous friend who, along with a small number of other friends, helped us to kick-off the ...

Happy New Year to you all. Welcome to dry January, by which I mean welcome to this week's crisp, citrus, mineral and, most fittingly, dr...

Christmas arrived on time yesterday and Boxing Day did the same today. Family arrived in various combinations earlier in the week and we are...

It is a week until Christmas and I have been working hard, both at the Wigginton Community Shop and at Majestic Wines. Long days and I have ...

I was tempted to go for X is for Xmas, but I have several problems with that, none of which holds sufficient interest for anybody for me to ...

T'is nearly the season to be jolly, so I have branched out a little for this week's white wine, with something I probably would not ...

I haven't checked, but I suspect this week we have the longest title since I started, stopped, restarted, paused (etc.) this exercise. L...

I simply can't pick an Ugni Blanc every time I need to find a white wine for Week U. To avoid the problem I have chosen a wine which is ...

Not a grape but a winery. Trapiche was established in 1883 and has been producing wine ever since. They have had a good run of plaudits and ...

 Recently I placed an order with the Wine Society for ten bottles of wine, all from Portugal. These are to be used in the coming week for an...

I am a regular golfer. This is not to everyone's taste, but it gives me a lot of pleasure, outdoor exercise and social interaction with ...

Being a child of the 1960s I hit my impressionable years at the time when Monty Python's Flying Circus was in its prime. I have always h...

Being a bit of a recovering wine bore I still enjoy the complexity of wine. Not just the complexity that is derived through the processes in...

The City of Oxford was a paddle steamer that plied its trade up and down the Murray River until one day during a storm that raged across Sou...

I first came across The Ned as a friend's recommdation for a well-priced and enjoyable New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. He turned out to be ...

Last week my selection was made to help me prepare for standing up and banging on about wine (blah, blah, tannin, blah, acid, balance, blah....