Wine boxes and the Josef K Café For some time now, I have wanted to review wine boxes. I have seen these at Auchan, and elsewhere. But I never quite took the plunge to try. There is something about the ritual of ‘opening a bottle of
Beaujolais This month, learning about Beaujolais. Like lots of people, I have heard of this wine, in particular Beaujolais nouveau, but never really known what it is. So onto my books and Wikipedia to find
Côtes du Rhône and the Grenache grape This month I am reviewing some Côtes du Rhône wines, and researching (just a bit) more about this region, and also it relationship with the Grenache grape.It has always slightly confused me why some
Cabernet Franc I have heard of this grape, but you do not often see it on a wine label like one does with Cabernet Sauvignon. I did see one on my recent trip to Boulogne, so I thought, why not try one? So a review
Aldi wines, and what is Chianti As I mentioned last month, I was very impressed with some of the wine I got from the Lidl near me. So to be fair to 'the other' discount supermarket chain, I am trying out some wines from Aldi this
Lidl wines Still not planning a trip back to Boulogne until beginning of April. I do have some of my French whites and roses in my wine cellar but again wanting reds for the winter so I have been buying more in
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
French Wines book review and a nice Syrah-Grenache 'French Wines' book review part 1 I have been having a good sort out of 'stuff' that just seems accumulate and this included finding all my books on wine and putting them all in one place. I will
Asda wines part 1 Hooray, off to Boulogne in early November. I had the chance to buy some French wines, which is the main purpose of this site. But I still have a backlog of some of the wines that I have been buying in
A Chilean wine and a local farm shop I am virtually out of my French wines. I have a few bottles of my favourite whites and roses in my cellar, but these have already been reviewed. And I am totally out of red. As you know, travelling to