By Tori Reynolds
Wine tasting ahead
The Mosel wine region in South West Germany plays host to some of Germany’s oldest and most beautiful vineyard areas, famous for its Mosel Riesling. This grape variety is considered to make some of the world’s best white wines and can be found in many guises along the Mosel River. The Valley is blessed with an …
By Joe Fattorini
Julian and the biggest trophy ever (probably!)
[Very Welsh voice]: ‘Julian, 2009 Snowdonia Marathon winner. How does that sound?
[Very English voice] :‘Fantastic, I’m delighted’ [rustle of tin foil blanket – quick glance at the TV camera] ‘it’s a tough race’
‘A tough race’ hardly does it justice. The 26-odd miles of the annual Snowdonia …
by Omar Raafat
Calera vineyards
It all started at last year’s Bibendum annual tasting. I’d always wanted to work a harvest but had never had the chance and with none of my European languages being good enough, doing so in France or Italy had never felt like an option. I wanted to be able to ask lots of questions, really find out how …
By Ben Collins
One of the most harrowing experiences (for the unitiated) in the world’s flashest wine region is turning up at Latour for the first time. There is not really a sign – they assume you know where it is on the road to Pauillac before Lalande. You drive the car off the highway through a not very wide gate. …
By Mei, http://familystyles.wordpress.com/
Zamorano cheese with quince paste and persimmon
Thursday’s Rambling Restaurant was a boozy festival of wine tasting and matching canapes – so many glasses of alcohol that I’m amazed I could stand up straight long …
Well it definitely helped anyhow! A couple of years ago a friend of mine was trying to raise money for a triathlon in which she was partaking, and badgered me to buy some raffle tickets. Now, I’m not one to get involved in all these charity sporting occasions so I thought it was only fair to donate a fiver for …
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