Posts tagged Wine
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 [...]
Boisdale of Belgravia
Published 26 June 2012
If you like wine, whisky and/or cigars, the Boisdale’s is the place for you. I had the pleasure of a (far too short) evening with Warren Adamson of Craggy Range there in June – and was sad to only discover the Cigar Terrace on our departure. I’m not a cigar smoker, but it was outside and a lovely summe [...]
Oddbins Wine Fair … on one of t...
Published 26 May 2012
Despite being one of the hottest days of the year so far, there was a steady stream of people turning up for the Oddbins Wine Fair today.
Located in a cool basement near Holborn, 65 producers are showing off around 300 wines. The highlights of my 2-hour visit included a beautiful Marlborough (New Zealand) Sauvignon Bla [...]
Naked Wines app hits all the right bu...
Published 28 April 2012
If you download an app to your iPhone then spend over £70 within 5 minutes, I think you’ve got to admit that the app has succeeded. Maybe I’d have spent the money anyway, but the app certainly made it happen.
Naked Wines’ new app completes their proposition in my eyes. I’ve been a fan of the company, their team, their [...]
Le Donne dell’Umbria
Published 3 February 2012
“It is important to drink good wine each day” is a seemingly simple statement promoting quality over quantity, and is unsurprising coming from one of Italy’s most notable produces. But with this, Teresa Lungarotti encapsulates her family’s ethos that has spread further than just their wine business. As well as strivi [...]
A wine conference… in Italy! Co...
Published 28 December 2011
In January, I’ll be presenting at the annual International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop. This is the fourth year the conference has been running, but it will be my first. As if this isn’t exciting enough, it will see me revisiting the Italian region of Umbria; a region very close to my heart as I got marri [...]
The best fan club ever
Published 8 December 2011
As a kid, I was a member of the Dennis the Menace Fan Club (for any out-of-towners, Dennis and his dog, Gnasher, were the stars of a children’s comic called The Beano). The small membership fee provided you with a plastic wallet, a membership card containing funny codes and two badges: a metal one of Dennis the Menac [...]