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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 ...

Nausicaá, the biggest aquarium in Europe

If you are spending some time in Boulogne, you really really must go to Nausicaá.It is advertised as the biggest aquarium in Europe. Is it the best? The only other one in Europe that I have been to is ...

Avenue HQ wine tasting party

As I mentioned in my other post for this month, I do most of my blog writing at Avenue HQ in Leeds. And at the end of May, we jointly organised a wine tasting event. So thanks to Avenue HQ for ...

In Praise of …Avenue HQ Leeds

Slightly off topic to begin with but Avenue HQ helped me with organising a very enjoyable wine tasting evening event, so I am giving them a well -deserved mention. I may also comment in future on some ...

A walk around the walls, and discovering Auguste Mariette

OK, so you have just finished a lovely meal at one of the many restaurants in Rue de Lille.But you are feeling a bit bloated, and need to ‘walk off’ some of those calories that you have just consumed. ...

Château Reillanne, my favourite rosé (so far)

Back in December 2018, I did a post on tastings of some rosé wines. For some reason that I cannot remember, my favourite rosé was not included. Of course it is only my favourite of the ones I have ...

Some American white wines

Firstly, a quick word about why I buy French wine. It is not because I am snobbish about 'new world' or UK wines. It is just that when I am in France, they are cheaper, as there is no costs of ...

Supermarket wine fairs

Went to Auchan in October to do a typical wine shop.Normally, all the wines are on the right when you enter the store.But as I needed some kitchenware for my house in Boulogne, I walked to the far ...

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