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Spanna in the works!
As flight BA1982 from Heathrow started descending, over bumpily for my liking, to Guglielmo Marconi Airport (Bologna) at the end of last month, the captain announced on his… read more
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
Ornellaia derives from two Italian words. ‘Orn’ refers to ‘ornello’ or ‘ornielli’ meaning ash tree or ash trees in Italian. The Ash was prized in Tuscany… read more
Argentinian List in London Gold Award 2023
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 2019
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! and in the words of movie actor Michael Caine (in full Cockney accent please) ´´..and not many people know that!´´ Well, you now know the good news is… read more
Zaltissimo!
To begin at the beginning, there was Stolzle, a Spiegelau, a Schott Zwiesel and then a Riedel. ´´It´s spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent… read more
A case in hand is worth two in the cellar
A case in hand is worth two cases in the cellar´ (Alas, the birds have already flown, and the bushes have been well pruned!) Having received… read more
Die Zauberflöte
When was the last time you went to New York? By the way, this is not an existential question by any means. I last visited New York… read more
Still banking on Bordeaux?
Sell in May and Go Away was a well-known adage from the Square Mile referring, of course, to an underperforming market from May (to October?), in contrast to the busy period… read more
Bubbles in the Bath
Egly-Ouriet is undoubtedly still one of Champagne’s top producers, sitting comfortably alongside world-famous Krug, Selosse, and others. Under the careful stewardship of Francis Egly, a fourth-generation… read more
Montevideo or Bust!
Montevideo It is always time to sit up and pay attention when Uruguay comes to town (London in this case), especially when the opportunity arises to… read more