Lockdown cooking. Food and wine pairing during the summer season. The biggest challenge in food and wine pairing -umami.
LOCKDOWN COOKING & INTO SUMMER DRINKING by Nick Adams MW – PART 1
Sauvignon Blanc – Exotic Fruit & Veg in a glass by Nick Adams MW
Hard on the heels after looking at Malbec, it is time to highlight what is arguably the UK’s most favourite white grape variety – Sauvignon Blanc – exploring what makes this distinctive grape variety so […]
International World Malbec Day by Nick Adams MW
Joins us to celebrate International World Malbec Day on the 17th April – and throughout the whole month of April from the WineTrust portfolio
Best Wines to drink this Easter by Nick Adams MW
Why does the Easter date keep changing – and what should we be drinking with Easter fare and get together? Fashionable concrete “egg” fermentation vessel – used a lot by smaller, artisan producers and highly […]
The Three “R’s” – Rioja, Reserva and Resilient by Nick Adams MW
The world of wine has seen an extraordinary amount of change in the last 40 years, with new styles gripping the interest of consumers; grape varieties becoming more important in buying decisions and countries and […]
Drink less, drink better quality wine by Nick Adams MW
The Exponential Value in “Trading Up” with Wine and the Gulp v Sip Flavour Factor “The Quality Will Remain When the Price is Forgotten” Sir Henry Royce (Rolls-Royce) As we start the beginning of the […]
Vegan wine and cheese by Kerstin Rodgers aka MsMarmiteLover
You may not have known that wine can be vegan, after all, it’s made from grapes isn’t it? But animal ingredients such as egg whites, shellfish, milk proteins and fish scales are used in ‘fining’ […]
Christmas with Creation wines from South Africa
Down under, our winter is their summer holidays. Australians are legendary for celebrating Christmas on the beach; South Africa is even further south than Australia, and often Christmas Day dinner will be around a braai, […]
Pork Belly with Zaatar-spiced Apple Wedges, and Sweet Potato Purée by Creation Wines
To be paired with Creation Syrah Grenache Ingredients 1 side of a pork belly bay leaf thyme 2 apples zataar spice (a blend of dried oregano, cumin, salt and dried marjoram) butter salt 1 pk green […]
My great white hopes by Aggie MacKenzie
My sons Rory and Ewan don’t live at home any more, but we meet about once a week, usually either at my house or their dad’s. Yes, a little unusual, but since our divorce my […]
Sicilian wines en primeur by Kerstin Rodgers
“Sicily isn’t just an island, it’s a continent.” – Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo In Sicily, I saw fields where windswept vines are shaped like bushes, often held down by stones. I saw vines that resembled […]
Introducing Creation Wines by Jane Clare aka One Foot in the Grapes
They say love is at the root of everything and nowhere is that more true than with the story of Creation Wines and the people behind the brand – husband and wife team Jean-Claude and […]
What wines to drink with American food by Kerstin Rodgers
America saved Europe. Not only in the two world wars but further back, in the 19th century, when European vineyards were devastated by phylloxera. Vines that had been exported to America, which were immune to […]
International Women’s Day: Women winemakers by Jane Clare
Let’s say cheers! and mark International Women’s Day by thanking the creativity of women winemakers who bring a touch of joy to our wine glasses. You can call me a geek (I’m not) or a […]
Aggie MacKenzie’s 2018 wine resolutions
So we’ve now reached February, and for a good few of my friends who were brave – or crazy – enough to banish booze from their lives for the whole of January, there will be […]
