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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 ...

Chateau Tartuguiere Medoc and wine legs

Back in Leeds again after my March trip to Florida and France. Trip was both relaxing and stressful. A lot to sort out helping my mum in clearing out Florida and moving stuff to France. But also had ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two Alsace Pinot Gris

Hooray, I managed to get to Boulogne for 5 days at the beginning of December. This month, reviewing two Pinot Gris wines purchased on my visit. But first... Differences between Pinot Gris and Pinot ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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