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Tag: Wine Tasting

  • Wine in your 40s

    I’ve loved wine since my early 20s, when most of my peers were guzzling vodka sodas. I dove head first into it during college, and got a total kick out of being in wine country. I went to school in California, and so my friends and I took advantage of our Spring Breaks to explore

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  • Next Wine Tasting: St Patricks Day

      My next wine tasting is coming up in a few weeks on March 17th from 5 – 7PM and spaces are booking up fast – sign up now to reserve your space! If you haven’t come to a tasting before, they are hosted out of my home in Battersea (right near the park). You

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  • Wine Tasting, Valentines Day

    Thanks to my wonderful guests who attended the tasting this afternoon. I was glad to meet a few new people and see some good friends’ faces. I hope to see all of you again at a tasting in the future. As promised, here is a list of the wines that we went through today. Saumur,

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  • Giving Thanks…

    I love this time of year. Who can resist mulled wine, warm fires, cozy sweaters and cold evenings? Not this girl. The whole season kicked off for me this week. I met a friend at the Southbank Winter Festival on Monday evening where we ate hog roast, drank hot wine (wasn’t really mulled…but they tried)

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  • Lovenotes: Tasting Wines for the Holidays!

    I hosted my second wine tasting at my flat yesterday and welcomed an intimate group of lovely new friends into my home. We tried wines from around the world – with personal stories from the group to match! I have posted pictures of the wines below as well as some notes on our reviews. Please

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  • Taste your way through the season

    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

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  • LOVE: Wine Paired with Art

    I have been asked by my lovely artist friend, Blair, to choose a wine for her upcoming currated art show in Shoreditch. She has selected a theme for the tasting: ‘Go Bananas!’ and I am meant to select a wine that is both in line with the theme and an artist’s budget. I am tasting

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  • Burgundy is for lovers

    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

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  • Love: Wine Tasting @ Beechmore Road

    Last Sunday, I hosted my first wine tasting. How excited was I? Pretty darn excited. Even though it was a group of my friends (or perhaps because of that), I was nervous. I had carefully selected 6 wines to taste with the group, assembled all my glassware, made the savoury and sweet snacks, had the

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  • Let’s kick this off…

    I have been threatening to run a tasting out of my home in London for a good few months now and the time has come to make good on my word! I will be offering a tasting on Saturday the 22nd of September from 2PM to 4PM. We will cover the basics such as judging

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