Surprisingly, from the first unqualified planning of my future crops until the steady intake of our daily vegetable provision, barely five months have elapsed. During this time I have made more U-turns than Simon our local plumber and re-started more seedlings than...
A few years ago, whilst attending the annual Wine Trade Fair in London, the Tannoy system crackled into life to broadcast a topical and historic wine auction. This was to be a two-day transmission of frantic bidding from the nearby auction house: Sotherbys. The lots,...
Having been e-mailed by some of you regarding my views on the fate of Chardonnay, I was prompted to look again at grape varieties that I have come to like, in tandem with their general availability. Although some occasionally slip under the supermarket radar, many...
Memories of childhood mealtimes drift mistily in and out of my thoughts occasionally. Sometimes there are only glimpsed recollections, whereas at other times vivid memories are triggered by unrelated events. Looking back I feel that my earliest sensory recall was...
With a pastoral life providing joy, nourishment and occasional debate, the odd visit to my local pub inevitably offers a modifying opinion to my philosophy. There the altered state I encounter has now shifted from incredulity to polite boredom. The early chorus of...
