Posts tagged England
Laithwaites’ Sips Nations
Published 15 March 2013
Laithwaite’s has taken the social tasting platform to another level by bringing out ‘Sips Nations’ to accompany the final of the Six Nations rugby this weekend. They asked famous rugby players from the Six Nations sides to name their favourite national dish, then match a wine to go with it.
The so cal [...]
Sparklers from M&S
Published 15 April 2012
The Tasting
On 14th March 2012, M&S had their Spring Wine Tasting. There were a lot of wines on show so I decided to concentrate on what many say is their strong point: sparkling wine. Overall, they were good, but I’m not sure that they compete with specialist wine merchants. However, if you’re looking [...]
2012 predictions
Published 8 January 2012
Only the brave would make predictions in such tumultuous times, but I’ve managed to find quite a few willing to put themselves on record for what they think 2012 will throw up.
I only have one: that the divide between wine brands who use social media and those who don’t will increase. That is, those currently using s [...]