First and foremost, a massive thanks to the wife for dusting off her camera and helping me out with some photos this week. You may notice a small difference to the kinds of photo I usually have at this point in the week. She’s got an eye for this kind of stuff. Cheers kiddo!
#NWTW Week 20: What I Thought About Noble Rot Week Read More »
A nagging conversation pops up at home every now and again. My Scandinavian wife can’t cope with “candy” in the UK (I can’t cope with the word “candy”, but let’s not get into that now!). For her it’s way too sweet. Living over here she misses her salty liquorice and extra sours. Point being is
#NWTW Week 20: Up & Downs of Sweet Wines From Noble Rot Read More »
Some people get grossed out by the idea of eating or drinking fungus. I, myself, am a massive hypocrite. I won’t eat mushrooms. I’d absolutely love to love them, given how nuts people go over them, but I just can’t cope with the texture and the knowledge that it’s a fungus. Blue cheese? Not a
#NWTW Week 20: Making Sweet Wine With Noble Rot Read More »
We’ve decided to shelve an idea for a couple of weeks that will all become clear soon, so for NWTW Week 20 it’s time for the first sweet wine of the year. It’s going to be sweet wine that’s produced from a specific method rather than from a specific place.
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I got a great reply to yesterday’s blog from Gottfried at Herrenhof winery in Austria. He was saying that he’s bringing back Furmint to its old hunting grounds in Styria (which is a winegrowing region in Austria). I was really chuffed and as ever a bit perplexed that he was reading the blog, I’m really
#NWTW Week 19: A Quickie on Furmint Read More »
It’s that time of year isn’t it? A couple of weeks ago I got asked by a new foodie mate up in the awesome part of the UK that is Yorkshire to put a few thoughts on Christmas wine. Well it’s my first christmas as a blogger, so I was well up for doing it.
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