I’m currently sitting in the stylish Manchester Malmaison Hotel (”the Mal”) trying to stay away from the madness around the streets of Manchester today thanks to the UEFA cup final. I have never seen so many blue shirts and every voice I hear is Scottish (Rangers have made it to the final apparently).
It has been [...]
Category Archives: Wine
In Manchester, but not for the football
May 14, 2008 – 1:18 pm
Rioja on the (internet) radio
May 7, 2008 – 2:58 pm
Ryan from Catavino made an interesting point to me recently, something which I am sure we will be exploring in much more detail for the European Wine Bloggers’ Conference.
Blogs have the ability to present information in a range of media (written word, drawing, images, audio & video) so why is it that bloggers tend to [...]
Don’t expect this too often, but …
May 2, 2008 – 2:32 pm
I am not a deal chaser, nor do I want to dedicate this blog to finding more wine sales or discounts as I truly believe we need to find ways to get out of the UK price-driven deal culture in wine.
However, there are some retailers out there doing a good jobs of building consumer interest [...]
Rioja in Spring
April 21, 2008 – 3:23 pm
Here is a photo of what you can expect if you come looking for vineyards in Rioja about this time of year. Not pretty, unless you enjoy gnarly old vines, but they promise so much!
