I have been working for some time now on a new project, that of wine sales on line. Formerly I tended to deal face to face with a customer, now they can be 200 miles away as they peruse a virtual cellar full of often baffling wine styles. When advising in the on-trade...
Within the troubled arena of the pub and restaurant sector and the concomitant skirmishes of the financial world, the hard pressed customer can be forgiven for not knowing which way to turn when seeking the practical or sensual rewards sitting down to eat can provide....
When it comes to wine provided as a gift, presentation and intent come in many forms. From the simple dispatch of a bottle of a general-purpose branded glugger from the local ‘offie’ in order to repay a favour, to the provision of a barrel of Port to the new-born...
I am far too young to have ‘dug for Britain’ in the last bash, but I am laying copious plans to go for it this time around. I have recently been swept up in a torrent of feverish ruralism, unknown to the startled members of my family. I am making plans to transform...
I steer clear of too much heated debate on the subject of local sourcing, after all my credentials as a wine merchant are based principally on importation, so my own morphic resonance may well return to haunt me one fine day. On the subject of food however, and, more...
