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By Michael Coupar
Many years ago, back when a TV still cost a week’s wages, red was a colour to be feared, and China was something you drank tea out of rather than flew to for a spot of shopping, I backpacked in that distant country. While out there I sampled a few of their ‘rice wines’, getting a little inebriated along the way. I liked what I drank, and also what I saw – many …
By Denise Medrano, http://winesleuth.wordpress.com
wine flight menu
I lived in Buenos Aires for 3 years back in the day so I know a bit about Argentine cuisine, even if I was a vegetarian for 2 of those 3 years. Yes, I know, how could I, was I mad, etc… One thing I can say is that I’m a pretty good judge of Argentine …
by Gareth Groves
I hadn’t had a decent lunch in ages. I mean a proper lunch, one with three courses and red wine and at least the possibility of some cheese. In fact, it had been months: Christmas, January credit card bills and the cold had been getting in the way of serious eating.
That all changed with one absent minded click that took me from …
By Olivier Gasselin
Barto's vineyards
We’re excited to publish a series of extracts from Olivier’s wine rambling in South Africa. This time he visits Franschhoek & Hermanus. Olivier is the Head Sommelier at the Bluebird in Chelsea.
Next destination: Franschhoek (the French Quarter in Afrikaan). This is where French protestant immigrants arrived after leaving their country during the religious war.
Our first stop was …
By Tara http://winepassionista.com/
I love reading Decanter. The articles are extremely well-written, the information is always valuable, timely and interesting. However, I always skip over the tasting notes.
This isn’t because I’m a wine geek and already know what to expect from all the wines – far from it! For me, just the fact that the wines were deemed interesting enough for discussion among the pages of the …
