If you’re anything like the missus and I, you’re probably tempted to have a glass of wine most nights, during some afternoons, and occasionally for breakfast! Drinking a bottle each time isn’t widely recommended, so my final entry in the “5 Wine Drinking Essentials To Get You Started” is a stopper. Basically you’re just trying …
Really quick one this, and bear in mind it’s only in there cos firstly it’s really cheap, and secondly it really gives no one an excuse to be crap at pouring anymore! To give it it’s technical name it’s the “grey, metallic, disc, pouring thingy”. I think some people have tried to rechristen them as …
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Again, I guess it helps if you’ve read Moody Teenagers and Grumpy Old Men going into this post. Main points here are: - Don’t go nuts and spend a fortune early on, you can have your eyes ripped out before you know it – Avoid the novelty glass like the plague, weird colours and shapes …
I wrote a blog about serving and storing wine a while back, called Moody Teenagers and Grumpy Old Men, maybe worth having a quick re-read of it, but i’ll try sum it up as quick as possible: Decanting is really important to make the most out of even the most modest of wines. Young wines …
Well it makes sense that this’d be in there. You’ve got to get in to get the good stuff, right? There are hundreds of different corkscrews, hydraulic pumps, and the rest of it on the market. I’ve tried quite a few, especially in my time working in pubs and bars. Honestly I’m yet to be …
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