The hottest day so far this year coincided with the annual Andover Wine Friends’ summer party (partly arranged to drink up all the unwanted wine which remained from David’s MW exam wine library) and immediately preceded the first day of our whistle stop tour of the North by train and bike. We left the house … Continue reading The Great North Tour – July 2019

This will be a piece about our time spent in London, staying with friends near St Paul’s in order for David to take the tasting papers for the MW qualification, and allowing me to enjoy two theatre matinees and several galleries and exhibitions: - Henry IV part I at the Globe and - Rutherford and … Continue reading The first week of June 2019

Philip Rowles, of the Rowles Partnership Wine Education Consultancy, adviser to the WSET and expert and author on Sherry, has lived and worked in Jerez since his University days. We were very lucky indeed that he not only provided us with an insider’s itinerary, but made most of the practical arrangements for our visit. There … Continue reading Jerez – January 2019