We are British and no matter what the forecast says we will get that BBQ out. That is the sentence that entered my head when I wondered whether I should bother writing a blog about wine recommendations for a BBQ given the weather. We are a proud nation who will go out in the rain with nothing more than a flimsy shirt, shorts and flip flops as protection, just so we can taste the charred sausage that we will inevitably leave on the BBQ for too long. The simple suggestion that the man do anything more than cook the meat...

I know that the weather doesn’t exactly scream summer anymore, but I thought that I would write this month’s blog about wines that go particularly well with seafood. You see, everyone always assumes that when eating seafood, you should just go for something that is nice and light - mainly so that it doesn’t overpower the fish. To be fair that is not a bad way to go by any means, however today I want to go in a little bit deeper to the ideologies that surround white wine and seafood. I generally believe (like most connoisseurs/chefs) that different types...

You know as I was writing the title to this month’s blog (which I am so sorry is later than usual) Ella Fitzgerald started singing in my head. Unfortunately, living is not quite so easy at the moment, but I do personally feel that we are getting towards a better stage in the world rather than a worse stage. However, I guess only time will tell… Now this blog is not supposed to depress you so let us change the subject quickly shall we? What is it this month then hmm? Am I going to dazzle you with some of...

As you can see from the title it is my birthday this month! We’ve already had it as it was on 3rd and I had a lovely time given the circumstances that we find ourselves in, thanks for asking 😉. Whilst I was just going to talk about how amazing I am for this month’s blog (given it was my birthday), I decided that I could not look past what was happening in the world at the moment. I can safely say that I have never lived through anything like this - I am not sure anyone really has but...

So… you wake up one morning, slightly earlier than expected due to the increased light in your room, you start to hear birds singing and it’s just one or two degrees warmer than normal. You sit up and think, what could this be? Then you remember, it’s March which means that SPRING IS HERE!! Now I don’t know about you, but I have been waiting ages for the sun to show us some love. No matter how much people tell you that they love Winter and Christmas etc (which I do more than most) there is nothing like waking up...