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What better time to get up to speed on what wines you like, love and covet than when you are preparing for upcoming festivities with family and friends? There are a million ways to start brushing up on your skills: Head to your local supermarket/wine shop and ask lots of questions (many times they will
My two lovely friends got married last Monday in London with 20 of their closest friends from around the world looking on. Our troupe was then shuttled into cabs, whisked away to the Champagne bar at St Pancras station and herded into Coach 15 on the Eurostar bound for Paris. After a quick transfer to
I arrived back from Paris last night to a heat wave in London. Even though it was 11PM, I was sweating in my brown leather jacket and sundress. This morning, I woke up to the sun shining through my window, made coffee, ran a few errands and made my way into the office. Ridiculously warm
I did something not-so-common last weekend. I spent a very pleasant Friday, Saturday and Sunday getting to know a wine estate in the south of England. Just 50 minutes outside of London, I took a train on a dreary Friday evening in the hopes of escaping the craziness of London and embracing the calm, quiet,
Hold onto your glasses…Alaska airlines taunted me this morning by sending a great wine related deal through my inbox. I a) live in Europe and thus have no ability to take advantage of this offer and b) don’t really like Alaska airlines anymore…even their 1st class feels like cattle class these days. But discounts on
I love Oregon wines…and Oregon in general actually. Beautiful, green and lots of open spaces. Plus they make a KILLER pinot noir. Its been a few years since I’ve been back there but given my most recent experience with their produce, I desperately need to make it back. I went to visit Scott Paul’s tasting
Just discovered an interesting approach to the wine business – set up a facility in the middle of a city full of wealthy entrepreneurs, silicon valley-esque millionaires where the more eccentric of the lot can make their own wine. Dogpatch WineWorks (http://www.dpwineworks.com) is doing just that. They leave their model open to some interpretation however
So, though London is an incredibly expensive city and the UK tends to be expensive as a whole, I have had great experience with buying wine online here. I have gotten back to my American roots of searching out the best deals – of which there are plenty – and enjoyed much of the experience.
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