Bring Your Own Booze. Like doggie bags, it’s a concept that hasn’t quite made it over the pond to the shores of Ol’ Blighty. Ask for a doggie bag and you more often than not get a look like you just asked for doggie style. BYOB? It seems you might as well be asking to bring your own food to a restaurant. But why...
read moreIt all started innocently enough as a joke at the pub after a London blogging event. What to eat when it’s cold and miserable outside? Well, I was hanging with a bunch of food bloggers, what other topic of conversation would you expect? When I mentioned my cheesy sausage biscuits that were so good you’d want to...
read moreMy good friend Oscar from Quevedo Port wine, located in the Douro Valley, Portugal recently sent me an internet meme that he had received from Ryan and Gabriella over at Catavino, to share 6 things about myself that my readers might not now about me. I’d have to say I’ve been there, done that, but some of the more...
read moreMy friends over at Bibendum have come up with some help in these recessional times for friends and family. A limited time offer of 20 percent off some cracking cases of wine and champagne! They’ve got one of my favourite champagnes in on the offer, Bruno Paillard NV as well as that scrumptious English sparkler – Balfour...
read moreThe other night at the Guanabara wine tasting a fellow asked me what I thought of screwcaps. More precisely, what did I think the server should do with the screwcap after the bottle has been opened? I did an informal survey amongst the bloggers around the table and the funniest but true comment came from Foodrambler, who said that...
read moreThe other day, after yet another tasting, my friend P.J. and I started discussing the pitfalls of the wine trade. I mean it’s not all wine and roses. Well, maybe it is but there is such as thing as too much of a good thing. Just as professional chocolate tasters must get tired of yet another exotic chocolate or chocolate...
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