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American reds – 2020, plus home wine-making

Still unable to get back to France due to the current situation. Not sure when I will be able to go next. I am almost out of red wine. During the winter months, I was mainly drinking reds. I do tend ...

American whites – 2020

Regular members may remember a post last year about some reviews I did whilst in Florida, reviewing some American white wines. I was visiting my mother who spends 3-4 months of the winter months ...

Wine sweetness charts

For better or worse, I signed up with Pinterest. I get a lot of notifications on my phone with suggestions to look at. I ignore most of these. But occasionally something pops ups that I look at. I did ...

Mouton Cadet

How good am I getting at deciding how what is a good wine?Well I think that I am getting better. I have recommended some wines at some of the tasting sessions that I have given, and people generally ...

Wine tasting in St Lucia part 2. The Wine Shop

In Praise of…The Body Holiday, St Lucia again. Click here for this in part 1 where I review the free/inclusive wines.Although most things are inclusive, you can pay more for extra activities. For ...

Bargain Reds

Can one buy a decent red wine in France for under €3 ? It is good to treat oneself to some more expensive quality wines whilst in France, but everyone likes a bargain. So I have gone back to trying ...

Wine tasting in St Lucia part 1. Inclusive free wine

In Praise of…The Body Holiday, St Lucia If you go to the Body Holiday in St Lucia, and you chat to other guests, don’t ask them ‘have you been here before?’ ask them ‘how many times have you been ...

Boulogne street art

Stay tuned for more wine based posts later this year.In particular, some events that I have hosted earlier this year at Headingley Music Festival and at Avenue HQ.And also about my wine tasting ...

Villa Maria wine event at Avenue HQ

Firstly, briefly praising Avenue HQ again. They kindly changed my subscription from the 10 day a month to a one day a month charge. I needed to do this as I will be starting a new technical author ...

Searching for wine fair dates

Ok, I wanted to do a post giving a list of dates for the wine fairs from all the different supermarkets around Boulogne this autumn.If you remember, there was one I went to at Auchan last year. I did ...

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