Along with Champagne, Bordeaux is one of the best-known wine regions in France and produces large quantities of very fine wine. In that respect it is probably the foremost region in the world for famous and high-quality wines....
Christmas is a coming and typically at this time of year you may be thinking about laying in a bottle of champagne or two. It’s a very special thing a glass of good fizz and always a great way to break the ice. Raul Diaz...
Family favourites, I guess we all have them. You know those recipes that you could make with your eyes closed but somehow you always get the recipe book out for? You have to check the exact amounts, even though you’ve cooked it a thousand times....
Dão comes from a region of Portugal south east of Porto. One of the oldest wine regions in the country it is comprised mainly of a temperate plateau surrounded by mountains, where the Rio Mondego and Dao rivers flow. ...
Wine label naming takes three approaches. The main feature is either to name the grape variety, the region or the name of the wine. The latter is used especially on single varietal wines (wines made specifically from a single wine grape variety). This is to...
Oh dear I hear you cry with headlines like that you’d better not give up the day job…but please do bear with me! As the nights draw in and we start to search out our winter coats, we naturally start to think about the mellow fruitfulness...
Like Ross and Demelza Poldark, pairing up wine with food can make for a more powerful performance as the one plays off against the other. Some commentators have said that the most important thing is to simply choose what you like to drink, but that can...
Body is a term that’s used all the time in the wine trade. It’s not a scientific expression but a way to describe the way a wine ‘feels’ from light to heavy, or as some wine writers like to put it, lightness to boldness....
I popped along to the OAK N4 Wine & Friends evening the other night and was warmly welcomed by our host for the evening Raul Diaz. You may have seen him on Sunday Brunch as their wine expert. Now Raul’s running these monthly Wine &...
I am going to write more about wine pairing in future blogs. But to cut to the chase there is a simple rule to help you make a decision. Ignore the age-old advice on colour and think about body instead. What sort of food you...
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