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Matchingfoodandwine.com

There’s a lady I know, Fiona, who’s written books on matching food and wine. She’s really good at it. I mean really good. Wine and truffles? She’s on it. Wine and Japanese...

How low can you go?

“Please can you tell me if there are any good lower alcohol wines I should try?” so asked the lovely Reluctant Launderer (she’s up the duff, and slightly in shock). Until...

English Sparkling Wine: no longer the apprentice?

After watching last week’s episode of The Apprentice, I couldn’t help feeling that English Sparkling Wine had been put in a horrible dress and made to look silly. In fact, the good stuff...

Granny’s Gone to Waitrose // Helen McGinn

What happened when my mother tasted an English Sparkling Wine next to a Champagne…...

Granny’s Gone to Waitrose // Helen McGinn

What happened when my mother tasted an English Sparkling Wine next to a Champagne…...

Young Love

24 years ago today, at 6.05pm, I met a boy in the fields behind our respective houses. We walked to a nearby lake, where he smoked a Turkish cigarette and I tried not to appear too keen. As we climbed...
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