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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Swarthy Chicken for Magical Realists
World of Booze is branching out into food. Man cannot live on booze alone; I know cos I’ve tried. This week we have guest writer Misti Traya cooking with Marsala. She is using Florio’s Terre Arse which is really too … Continue reading
Posted in Recipes
Tagged Marsala, Marsala DOC, Misti Traya, Mount Etna, Nino Rota, Sicily
5 Comments
Do wine writers need qualifications?
I was reading the comment section on a wine blog late one Friday night (how my life has changed in the last four years!) Someone had written in to voice his displeasure that people could start blogs and pronounce on … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Clarkson, Evelyn Waugh, Jancis Robinson, Jay McInerney, Master of Wine, Roger Scruton, Samuel Pepys, Tim Atkin
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Being scrupulously honest
As well as writing about booze for which I earn very little, I have a day job where I earn obscene amounts of money so that I can keep my family in Krug and cashmere pyjamas. I am referring, of … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles
Tagged Bloomsbury Publishing, Granta, Jay McInerney, Roger Scruton, Wine
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Wine of the Week: Côtes du Rhone Guigal 2007
Some wines are so familiar that I ignore them when shopping. There’s an element of snobbery at work here; it feels so much cooler (do people still say cool?) to be drinking something obscure. When I worked at Oddbins we … Continue reading
Posted in Wine articles, Wine of the week
Tagged Alfa Romeo, Côtes du Rhône AOC, Guigal, Kermit Lynch, Mourvèdre, Northern Rhone, Oddbins, Rhône wine, Rhone, Waitrose
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