Tasting Piemontese wines
Us in the East Midlands are lucky to have access to a range of Piemontese wines. Bat & Bottle are a phenomenal independent Italian wine retailer working out of Oakham....
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Battle Royal 2017: English rosé from Rothley Wine
How do you feel about English rosé? It’s been a while since I posted about a specific wine from Rothley Wine Estate. As some of you will know, I have...
Garofoli Verdicchio Classico
It’s always nice to have a little browse around the emporium that is David North’s in Rothley. It is a long established deli, with the added bonus of the beautiful...
The Enthusiastic Amateur: WSET Level 1
A Wine Adventure: WSET Level 1 As some of you may know, I enjoy a drop of wine. And I like talking about wine. And I like writing about wine....
Spanish Tasting Menu with Tandem Wines
I was invited along to North Bar & Kitchen this week for their special Spanish tasting menu. A modern British restaurant, they run special themed evenings throughout the year where...
Avina Wine Stopper
I love a wine gizmo, especially one which necessitates me drinking sparkling wine to test it, and so when Avina asked me to give their premium champagne stopper a go, it’s...
Wine tasting at Veeno
The Boy and I were invited along to Veeno recently, to see what we thought of their wine tasting experience. We were clearly very pleased to oblige, as regular visitors...
Drinking wine? You’ve been doing it wrong.
We have recently been to Italy and were told that pouring a glass of wine overhand – e.g. with your hand holding the bottle from underneath and tipping the wine...
