A Prologue The first of a new series of posts I intend to write on a weekly basis. Not reviews per say and a ‘side project’ to to the restaurant stuff. Rather these are personal tasting notes, and an open diary about my wine exploits.…
Swiss wines are really rare. Only about 2% of all Swiss wines made are ever exported and its quite likely that one may not even find them in major restaurants in Geneva. So when I read about an exclusive Swiss wine tasting in London, I…
High Timber Official Site 8 High Timber Street EC4V 3PA 020 7248 1777 £40pp plus wine I love to wine and dine. However, my shrinking wardrobe and bank balance doesn’t always permit my indulgences on a more frequent basis. While surfing the luminaries of foodie-interwebs,…
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | four | five | six | part seven It has taken me almost three months to get here, but I’m glad I stuck to my seven part guns and have wrote about one my favourite…
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | four | five | part six | seven I think I’ve covered most of the wine basics in five parts and feel as if this would be the perfect post to write about some alternatives to the grape staple.…
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | four | part five | six | seven So you’re in restaurant and you’ve ordered all this wonderful food, but looked at the wine list and got stuck. You look up and you…
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | part four | five | six | seven Last week we talked about buying & storing wine. Hopefully you would have found the tips useful. Today, it’s going to be a relatively breezy…
QGTW now reading intro | one | two | part three | four | five | six | seven Did you manage to put your new tasting skills to good use? Cool, we are about the half-way point in this series and I hope that you’re…
Its a trend. London’s like that, stuff comes in and out of fashion. Wine bars used to be ( long long ago, in a galaxy far, far away) cool, then it kinda died but now its back and its all the rage. When I was…
I love visiting wine shops, most feature these cool and creaky wooden floors. A little musky and dusty, in London the shopkeepers are almost always very cheerful and friendly. I mean, you got to be if your job is to sell not just a drink, but…
QGTW now reading intro | one | part two | three | four | five | six | seven Welcome back folks. Last week we talked about what the different grape varietals were and their fundamental characteristics. Did you try the Diablo Pinot or the…
QGTW now reading intro | part one | two | three | four | five | six | seven Love wine? Me too, now let’s talk about it, all about it and from the very beginning. Here’s a little index of what’s covered in this post: A brief…
