Writing
Staying slim: a wine-lover’s experiment
There is an abundance of such amusing quotations to be found online, many of which sum up precisely the frustration we wine-lovers face when it comes to staying slim. Not only do we love wine, but we usually also love its natural bedfellow – FOOD. We are hedonists, we...
Meet an inspirational woman in wine
Today on International Women’s Day, the world is celebrating and championing women, and the wine business (traditionally a male-dominated industry like so many) is no different. It seemed appropriate therefore that I interview an up-and-coming female British winemaker...
Six things I learned from working in a winery
As the 2016 wine harvest gets fully underway across the Northern Hemisphere, I reminisce about my own harvest experience earlier this year… In February of this year, I completed an important rite of passage. I worked in a winery for the first time. This may not sound...