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Glassware...a marketing myth or tasting marvel?

Glassware...a marketing myth or tasting marvel?

One of the quickest and easiest ways you can improve your wine drink experience,is to upgrade your wine glass! When I started studying wine at ‘wine school’, we used an...

Glassware...a marketing myth or tasting marvel?

One of the quickest and easiest ways you can improve your wine drink experience,is to upgrade your wine glass! When I started studying wine at ‘wine school’, we used an...

Spanish flavour

Spanish flavour

A great day at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh tasting a selection of diverse and exciting wine from Spain. I also tasted a selection of Spanish food treats - delicious cured...

Spanish flavour

A great day at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh tasting a selection of diverse and exciting wine from Spain. I also tasted a selection of Spanish food treats - delicious cured...

March 2024: International Riesling Day!

March 2024: International Riesling Day!

Mark your diary, the 13 th of March is ‘International Riesling Day’! Riesling is a white grape variety that’s been grown in Germany for hundreds of years. The variety has...

March 2024: International Riesling Day!

Mark your diary, the 13 th of March is ‘International Riesling Day’! Riesling is a white grape variety that’s been grown in Germany for hundreds of years. The variety has...

April 2024: Weighing up the pros and cons…

April 2024: Weighing up the pros and cons…

When you grab a bottle of wine to read the label, you make a judgement on the label, but almost unconsciously, on the weight of the bottle. A heavier bottle conveys...

April 2024: Weighing up the pros and cons…

When you grab a bottle of wine to read the label, you make a judgement on the label, but almost unconsciously, on the weight of the bottle. A heavier bottle conveys...

Aurora Sky

Aurora Sky

I think it was 2005. I'd heard on the local radio that there might be a chance to see the Northern Lights over Ayrshire. I waited and waited and was...

Aurora Sky

I think it was 2005. I'd heard on the local radio that there might be a chance to see the Northern Lights over Ayrshire. I waited and waited and was...

May 2024: Celebrity Wine and Gary Barlow Sauvignon Blush

May 2024: Celebrity Wine and Gary Barlow Sauvig...

I recently brought a bottle of Gary Barlow Sauvignon Blush. I was in the mood for a glass of rose. The simple label, the organic wine promise and the pocket...

May 2024: Celebrity Wine and Gary Barlow Sauvig...

I recently brought a bottle of Gary Barlow Sauvignon Blush. I was in the mood for a glass of rose. The simple label, the organic wine promise and the pocket...