Writings

Was lovely to welcome a very (can I say this?) warm and wet cyclist to the Tasting Room last Saturday. A very tasty selection was promptly made, prompting the question “where am I going to keep it...
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SNIFF AND SIP! The other night enemies became friends … as with the wonderful perfumer Tracey Smythe and a lovely group of guests, we explored how the same four fragrance ‘notes’ show up in wine an...
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EVERYTHING CAME UP ROSÉ! 🌸💖🥂🌤️🌸💖 “I’ve never had such a range of flavours in rosé before” … Yeyyyy!!! Just what I wanted guests to be saying after our evening of late summer vibes, liquified by a l...
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Pale Fox Prosecco … it’s a thing!
Some stunning looking bottles are a triumph of marketing over substance (don’t get me started on the Whispering Angel), but this beauty is as gorgeous on the inside as the out. Clearly, I’ve been ...
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TASTE 2025!! Slight blurry around the edges after yesterday’s pilgrimage to the epic celebration of flavour in London’s Regent Park that is Taste of London. I’m sure it was the long train journey...
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Love in a Hot Climate Three weeks in India is surely three weeks away from wine?! Dearly Beloved, a devoted beer drinker, must have (secretly) been punching the air! Then in a country of over 3...
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