Culture
Patches on a Torn Land
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Patches on a Torn Land
I’ve known Matt Talbot for around half a dozen years or so, and I value our friendship; he is...
Culture
Patches on a Torn Land
Patches on a Torn Land
I’ve known Matt Talbot for around half a dozen years or so, and I value our friendship; he is a good-bloke, splendid company and is passionate about an industry...
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Culture
The Friday Angel
The Friday Angel
On April 14th 2023, the Friday angel, Kemira Tevi will carry the severed head of her father, Kabel Moha Prom, the King of Heaven, around Mount Someru, before passing it to her...
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Food
The Cook, the Coach, the Wife and a Love of Wine
The Cook, the Coach, the Wife and a Love of Wine
The Valentine’s Day Massacre
An invitation from Cambodia’s Wine Warehouse team was simply too good to refuse; a wine pairing dinner at the...
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Wine
About Last Night – New Wines
About Last Night
The Wines
Things of Stone and Fruit
Domaine Paul Blanck, Schlossberg Grand Cru, Riesling, Alsace 2017
The Blanck family has been established in Alsace since the late 16th century and in the...
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Culture
The Serpent’s Tale
The Serpent’s Tale
We shed our years like serpent skins
When young, we wriggle out of them.
Awkwardly and with impatience,
Nothing can stop us,
As we hurry to reach our freedoms
Later, they run off new skin like...
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Culture
Bad Earth, Petillant Naturel
Bad Earth, Petillant Naturel
I have been a huge fan of this vineyard and its wines from the very first time I tasted their Pinot Noir, and soon after managed to kick the dirt...
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Wine
A Well Chimed Visit
A Well-Chimed Visit
“I had an inheritance from my father,
It was the moon and the sun.
And though I roam all over the world,
The spending of it’s never done.”
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, (1940)
The...
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Wine
The Essential Guide to Modern Madeira
The Essential Guide to Modern Madeira
Announcing the release of The Essential Guide to Modern Madeira by Richard Mayson, published by The International Wine & Food Society (IWFS).
The making of madeira?! It is so much...
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