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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




Saw on Facebook that Jamie Goode is currently staying at Quinta do Noval. Hope he’s having a great time, I have fond memories of being there at roughly the same point for the 1998 vintage, which was, not to mince words, one of the crapper years in recent memory. It […]

Quinta do Noval, Swedes and Morris Dancing


…according to Tim Atkin in the Observer (see here) include this particular site. Thanks for that Tim, what you don’t see is my frustration with not having enough time in the day to really do with this web site what I want. I have notebooks full of tasing notes, a […]

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