Non-alcoholic wines Quite often, when going out where I drive, I have tried some non-alcoholic beers. And to my surprise, I like them. I prefer them to other soft drink alternatives such as coke. So I wonder, are
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
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