or International Red Wine Varieties I’ve got a couple of mates who’ve given me an unfortunate nickname. “Lobs”, which is short for “Lobster”, is a completely hilarious reference to my knack of getting sunburnt. I’m a fair skinned lad, tend to leave my shirt on at the beach for fear of giving people snow blindness, …
or International White Wine Varieties I tend to be able to watch any kind of sport. When I was younger there was a show on tele called Transworld Sport, which showcased sports from all over the world. Most of them were fairly regional sports not really played or known anywhere else. My favourite was Kabbadi. …
or Wine In The British Pub When I was younger I had a part time job in the pub attached to my sports club. I started off as a glass collector, before moving onto the bar. The prices were ridiculous. A pint of Carlsberg was £1.15. A pint of Guinness was £1.33. Not £1.30, not …
or A Little Bit of Knowledge Goes a Long Way I’d been banging on about trying to get a bit more involved in wine for a while. I love the thought of doing all these different things but sometimes it’s just easier to…well…not to, I guess. This was definitely the case with the wine. Stuck …
or An Introduction to Wine Labels I’ve just come back from my first ever auction. It was a bankruptcy auction where apparently fine art and wine companies have gone bust and members of the public can come in and low ball bid their old wares. Well, seemed like too good a chance to turn down …
or Introduction to Food and Wine Pairing A few weeks back I caught up with a friend of mine from my postgrad days. We got chatting about food and he offered to come up to the flat and cook one of his mum’s signatures for a few people. He was going to provide the cooking, …
or An Intro Into Storing and Serving Wine Last weekend I went to a wine show at Lord’s cricket ground hosted by The Three Wine Men, which is the name a collection of notables in the UK wine world (Oz Clarke, Olly Smith, and Tim Aitkin) go by. It was aimed at wine punters/hobbyists, i.e. …
or An Introduction To Tasting Wine Making a tit of yourself in public is something I’m pretty good at. When I was younger I went to a bar with some friends to watch some stand up comedy. His routine was going through the motions when he asked the audience if any was a nervous flyer. …
or Why Does A Bottle Of Wine Cost What It Costs? One half of my family has roots in the Isle of Man. It’s a little island off the north west coast of England, and carries with it a slightly stereotypical trait of personality (apologies in advance to any Manx reading this, but you know …
or An Italian Introduction A few years back, I took a few good friends of ours out to my parents’ house for a long weekend. It just nicely coincided with a village festival celebrating the main produce of the area; a wine variety called Barbera. What you do at these festivals is pay 4 euros, …
