You need to kind of imagine the scene. I’m in the downstairs room of a wine bar in the fancy part of central London surrounded by Masters Of Wine and the great the good of the UK wine writing scene. We’re tasting our way through 20 vintages of Disznoko Tokaji, one of the most beautiful …
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 …
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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 …
We really wanted to go off the beaten track for a couple of weeks here at NWTW and head for some of the lesser known areas. Well in fairness, to most wine-o’s Lebanon and Hungary are definitely not off the beaten track, but for most people out there we’re hoping last week and this one …
