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Wine trends and all that malarkey
Dry January... What’s that all about? As a wine enthusiast, importer and someone who has spent their life promoting wines, I feel I must voice my opinion on this 'trendy fad'. Wine is fundamentally a product for pleasure, so why choose what is usuall Read more
Wines to fit a lifestyle Jason Mules explains what makes a wine vegan and vegetarian friendly
As the sobering chimes of Big Ben welcome in another year, the realisation of resolutions dawn. Lose weight; exercise more; quit smoking and drink less are popular aspirations as well other lifestyle changes. Vegetarianism and veganism are an increas Read more
Time flies when you’re talking rum!
This drinks cabinet essential has a colourful history The first distillation of rum took place in the 1620s when Caribbean sugarcane plantation slaves discovered that molasses, a by-product of sugar refining, could be fermented into alcohol... Read more
New wines on the market
At the time of writing this article, we have just seen the first matches played at Wimbledon, the World Cup football is well underway and the sun just keeps on shining. For many, such weather is perceived as being perfect for enjoying clean, crisp an Read more
The changing and evolving world of wine...
Despite the fact we are led to believe that there is an ever increasing and insatiable desire for more and more wines, it might come as a surprise that the actual amount of wine produced in 2017 fell dramatically to its lowest since 1957, with a glob Read more