We spent the weekend sitting outside, barbecuing, splashing around in the pool and slowly turning pink. Factor 50 Sunscreen did a great job in protecting me from the sun, but not the biting insects. On a hot day pink wines are perfect and we had some Nxg Stockman’s Post 2005 Shiraz Rose from Tesco. Next… Read More »
Most wine drinkers pick up their wine in the supermarket, most wine is consumed within 7 days of purchase, and the average consumer spends less than £5 on a bottle. Most wine drinkers also confess to being a bit confused in the wine aisle, so they stick to brands, varietals or regions they know. Tempting… Read More »
So Germany take on Portugal in a World Cup game neither wanted to play. I’ve opted for an affordable, everyday German wine. I ‘d thought about having one wine from each team, but decided against it as I’ve just had the sofa cleaned and was concerned that if I held the glass of German wine… Read More »
Germany play Argentina tomorrow afternoon, but I’m too excited to think about it, so it’s an Italian wine for me. I cycled to Rome last year and my first meal was pizza and Frascati. Frascati is one of those difficult wines that tastes great in Lazio and absolutely fabulous if you can see St Peters… Read More »
We had a wallchart amnesty, allowing us to re-predict based on first round World Cup performances, I have Argentina in the final, rather optimistically, I have them losing to England, but if I’m going to keep going to the final I have a feeling I’ll be drinking a lot more Argentinian wine. Argento’s Chardonnay 2005… Read More »
Germany looked to have picked up their game a bit today so another German wine tonight. When I first heard of Naked Grape I thought it was a random wine blog. Whilst it is a wine merchant, it’s also a wine. A Riesling from Germany, from Dr Loosen, who makes some really good stuff –… Read More »
The French have seen better days, and its wine industry is in a bit of a pickle too. There’s plenty of industrial alcohol being made out of vins de table that previously found a market for human consumption. Taken by surprise by the quality of New World wines and overly dependent on EU subsidies, not… Read More »