New Year’s resolutions for 2017
Remarkably, I'm well ahead of myself this year. As I write, there are a full two weeks to go before this article appears in...
Private tasting – The reds
The cava and white wine enjoyed at a recent private tasting (ever thought of this for your club/association/group? Always great fun!) can be seen...
Drinking with eight virgins
Whilst perfectly pleasant, the 8 Vírgenes, dry white wine from Bodegas La Zorra, wasn’t my favourite wine of the portfolio sent to me as...
DOP Bullas
Perhaps the burghers of Denominación de Origen Bullas saw the writing on the wall ten years ago - La Crisis, from which Spain is...
Strawberry Fields
‘Let me take you down, ‘cos I’m going to, Strawberry Fields,’ yes, you got it straight away, the Beatles, and, as a ‘Plastic Scouser’...
The green extreme
“Are they wines, Spock?”
“Yes, Jim, but not as we know them!”
I can assure that I'm not a closet Trekkie! However, if the above is...
Going Dutch
I haven’t checked, I admit, but I’m pretty sure that my Private Wine Tastings, held in the comfort of clients’ own homes, aren’t listed...
Wines for Christmas Day 2019
I always like to start Christmas Day with some fizz! Here in Spain, these days, we have a multitude of sparkling wines from which...
Christmas festive fizz – and some!
Claire and I are fully paid up members of the pressure group, ‘Keep Christmas in December’! I don’t know about you, of course, but...
Wine & tapas in Jávea
I remember sneaking out from Chester College bar one night with my good old pal, Dick. Not for us, this night, the PE student's...
It’s a family affair
Remember the song? Sly and the Family Stone, 1972 - just to put your mind at rest!
I can't remember the words, so I've no...
Why we should drink Cava all year round!
If the trend over the last decade continues, and I've no reason to believe it won't, it's likely that we will see, when the...
Albarín & Prieto Picudo
An engaging double act in Castilla y León
Firstly, the area – Vino de la Tierra Castilla y León is a huge wine making area,...
Mine’s a not so swift half, please
Recent dreadful events here on the Costa Blanca have reminded us once again about the possible consequences of drinking and driving. There is no...
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Benidorm locks-up again
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Deep snow in Alicante province
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Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
