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Regular visitors may have noticed a glitch here from yesterday evening to now. Entirely of my own doing, the result of being over-confident with WordPress, but it happened in preparation for something new that (providing there aren’t further cock-ups) I’ll be announcing some time later in November. I cannot thank […]

Normal service has now been resumed…


The language of wine has long been incomprehensible to normal people. And the more you’re sucked into the pleasures of the world’s finest beverage, the more you find yourself engaged in wine-speak yourself, and also sucked into thinking that the intricacies of wine are of universal interest – they aren’t, […]

Wine from Spar – now speaking your language




I expect some readers will probably have seen this before, but it’s a new one to me. Who would have believed that the star of Under Siege, Exit Wounds, Belly of the Beast and most recently Machete would be such a wine expert? Chuck Norris, maybe, but Seagal….? PS The […]

Wine Tasting with Steven Seagal


The Manchester Food & Drink Festival kicks off this week and runs until October 12th. For the first time, there’s going to be a special event for wine lovers in the form of the MFDF Independent and Local Wine Festival. This Friday and Saturday will see several of the North […]

Calling All Manchester Wine Lovers