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Virgin Wines 1-Torre Aguila

I signed up for Virgin wines. There was an offer when I purchased something else (forgotten what), but did not realise that it was a monthly payment. So with quite a bit of credit, bought 16 bottles. ...

Domaine de Terrebrune Anjou

In France now, with my mother in the Charente, on her birthday.I will be heading back to Boulogne for a few days next week before heading back to the UK.And yes, I will be buying more wine. Again I ...

Hospices de Beaujeu Bourgogne Gamay

On to reviewing one of my 4 new wines that I purchased March at Auchan. I now plan to buy 20 bottles of wines that I have bought before, and know I like, and 4 new ones to try out. I will mainly buy ...

The Periodic Table of Wine

I received a wine book for Xmas last year. Taken me a while to get the chance to look at it, but have now so this month's post is a review of 'The Periodic Table of Wine' by Sarah Rowlands, and ...

Florida March 2023

After over 20 years of ‘snowbirding’ in Florida, my mother decided to sell her house there.Expensive to run, car hire has almost tripled, and hard work to get there from the Charente, especially when ...

Xmas tastings with Ed

I will be off to both Florida and France in March. And will bring some wines purchased in Boulogne to review soon. This month back on to some UK purchased wines. One by me (the Cahors Malbec), and two ...

Three Pinot Noirs from Lidl

Still reviewing some UK purchased wines. Hoping to get back to Boulogne first week in December to stock up on some wines from France. Stay tuned for that , but this month, I am comparing three Pinot ...

July in France 2022

Hoping to get Instagram and possibly Facebook pages properly running soon, where the content in posts like this one is better suited. But for now, putting photos and a bit of text in this months ...

Another Avenue HQ wine tasting event

Thanks again to Avenue HQ for hosting another wine tasting event. They are starting regular events again now that we are emerging from all the restrictions. This was organised by Alex. In praise of ...

Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc

Often you really do need to taste more that wine at the same time to make a genuine comparison. I did this with the Chilean Sauvignon Blanc that I reviewed in October here, and Villa Maria from New ...

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