Parties for wine lovers
Everyone knows how good Prince Edward County bubbly is getting. It’s a style that suits the terroir perfectly...
Category Archives: Drink
The Hennessys
Not sure how many people read Noël Coward’s short stories any more but I found a copy of...
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Time is a whirligig, says Feste in Twelfth Night. I think it’s a bit more complicated than that....
Berry Brothers Number Three
Thanksgiving Day and treats galore – so many things for which to give thanks… The first is No.3...
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
‘Je me tiens toujours fidèle à la sorcière glauque.’ Thus speaks Enoch Soames, eponymous anti-hero of Max...
Champagne Charlie Burger
Charlie Burger has crossed the line. I don’t know if you saw a story I wrote in the...
Collingwood whisky
[caption id="attachment_1433" align="alignleft" width="284" caption="Collingwood, the latest Canadian whisky"][/caption] Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood (Cuthbert to his family)...
A light lunch with Dom Pérignon
[caption id="attachment_1350" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A very rare treat - the Oenotheque 1996"][/caption] How well I remember my long-ago...
A little bit more Yorkshire
[caption id="attachment_1296" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="There's a welcome in the Dales..."][/caption] This sign was spotted in the front window...
Down into Wensleydale
[caption id="attachment_1287" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A fine day in Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire"][/caption] Today we hiked over Shunner Fell, third highest...