During my time as a wine importer I have visited scores, if not hundreds of wineries around the world. I have shivered in dank subterranean cellars long before the first espresso of the morning and baked in arid vineyards at midday. I have stared with feigned interest...
“Words are but wind that do from men proceed; None but Chameleons on bare Air can feed; Great men large hopeful promises may utter; Fine words did never Fish nor Parsnips butter”. Epigrammes (1651) – John Taylor. During his 1993 speech to the Conservative...
“I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about Bill Baker, although he may not be his doctor’s idea of a model patient, Bill is one of the very few wine merchants who embraces what he eats as enthusiastically as what he drinks”. From Vintner’s Tales. 1991 Jancis...
Our previous house is a short walk from our present cottage and although we moved home six years ago, we failed to leave the village (Our efforts to obtain telephone quotes from removal companies proved unexpectedly interesting given that the postal district we were...
“The tomato imparts its delicious taste, at the same time acid and slightly sweet, to so many sauces and dishes that it can fairly be classed among the best of condiments. Happy are those who understand how to use it judiciously” Ernest Verdier from Dissertations...
