September 23, 2015
There's nothing like a trip to Italy to seriously put paid to any attempt at dietary restraint and so it came to pass that 3 days later and 5lbs heavier, I have just returned from a trip to Piemonte.
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September 09, 2015
As a lucky few of you may be aware, Gardet, our favourite Champagne house, celebrated their 120th Anniversary this year by releasing the mind-numbingly brilliant Anniversary Cuvée (an even luckier few may have managed to nab a bottle).
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August 20, 2015
Some of you may have seen reports (The Guardian) on the tasting held by Which? That discovered, amazingly enough, Supermarket own-brands taste better than some mass produced big brands (considering they included Gordon’s this is hardly surprising).
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August 05, 2015
This Friday celebrate International Beer Day (the first Friday of August) by drinking lots of beer! In recent months our beer range has multiplied quicker than Daily Mail headlines about house prices, we now have beers from places as diverse as Italy, Switzerland, Nigeria, and Japan so we urge you on International Beer Day to try something a bit different.
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July 27, 2015
Once upon a time in a wine merchants not at all far away (us in fact) we had so many wines that we couldn't resist stocking that we struggled to fit everything on the shelves.
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July 18, 2015
Yes its back, ‘la Gloire de mon Père’ (The Glory of my Father)! Made by Vincent Boyer in honour of his Father Bernard Boyer, of Domaine de la Bastide fame.
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