Even though I’m on holiday in South Carolina, I’m still finding time to do a bit of winetasting in between golf and beach. Yesterday we went to a fabulous place called Palmetto Bluff, hung around the pool there and drank mojito noirs (mojitos made with dark rum) all day. I’m staying with my friend Debra and she...
read moreThe Winesleuth seems to have been MIA lately but that’s only because my laptop was stolen so I’ve been relying on the kindness of the local library for my computer fix and at half an hour slots, it ain’t much! Fortunately, before my laptop was nicked, I managed to download a couple more vids from the London...
read moreI know it may seem like I’ve been banging on about English wine, English vodka, the English, etc., but I am living here, in England. I have however, not forgotten about my country…”My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty…”…ahem, um…now where was I? Oh, yeah…anyway, we all know...
read moreLast year (2008) saw the launch of the Winebloggers Conferences. The European one (EWBC) was in Rioja, Spain and the North American (WBC) one in Sonoma, CA. The goal of the bloggers conferences is to enable all of us in the virtual world to get together and exchange ideas in the real world. I mean, even if we’re all...
read moreI always forget how much I love Elvis Presley’s music until I hear it, then it instantly transports me back to my childhood. My parents weren’t huge Elvis fans but my dad did like to pop in a cassette tape every now and then on road trips. Well, Elvis is back and here in the UK! Well, not entirely true, Elvis wines are...
read moreA couple of weeks ago I went to the annual California wine trade tasting in Victoria to see what my fellow Californians were bringing over to the UK. I was expecting lots of Gallo and Echo Falls but actually, there was some great stuff on show. Cakebread Vineyards, Parraduxx, Shafer, Grgich,Hills, Boony Doon, just to name a very...
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