Anyone who’s been to more than a handful of wine tastings knows that they should be gentle with the eau de cologne and after-shave. But while most adhere to such a rule, they seem to forget that there are other aromas that linger. This came home to me most recently […]
SWSW
The Alexei Sayle line is, ‘Is it me, or is it bald, fat and Scouse in here?’ The Simon Woods line is, ‘Is it me, or are people missing the point in giving info on wines to normal people?’ Let’s transfer a typical spiel into a different genre… ‘This hand-crafted […]
TMI
OK, Peter May, I confess that I’m not maybe approaching this experiment with as much of the Big Brother-spirit as I could… Peter’s comments about evenings off and Champagne tastings have struck a chord so for the next few days, I’m aiming to avoid wines (and beers) I want to […]
Day Seven – sorry TC, no Pinotage on the horizon
The Woods family has been laid low for much of the last fortnight by various bugs that have caused problems at both ends of our personal plumbing systems. While I haven’t had it as bad as Alex (aged 6), to be honest the thought of tasting the dozens of wines […]
Montepulciano’s Revenge
It happened again last night. Was talking to someone after a wine tasting I’d done in conjunction with Taste-In and Spiral Cellars at the Smallbone Kitchens showroom in Harrogate. The wines had gone down pretty well, but afterwards, someone came and said that they hadn’t like the two reds (Henschke’s […]
Smoooooth….
If posts have been scarce in the last couple of weeks, it’s because September and October are the tasting season, during which every wine company and its dog seems to want to show of their wares. Attempting to get to three or four events a day is not uncommon, and […]