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26Aug 2011
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A sniff of Pecorino, but no cheese in sight

Hands up if you thought Pecorino was only the name of a cheese?

(*puts hand up*)

I only very recently discovered I was wrong. Until that moment, the name Pecorino...
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24Aug 2011
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Walking with Chefs and Learning from Chocolate

It seems I have underestimated chocolate. I learned a lesson about wine from a 'chocolatier' (if I may call Paul A Young that, it seems a rather limiting term for a...

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18Aug 2011
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Apparently today is Pinot Noir Day

... except of course, we can't call it that. That's too boring for Pinot Noir since the main promoters of this are in Australia, New Zealand and the US West Coast...

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16Aug 2011
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If, like me, you have a thirst, it helps to have friends Around Wine

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I spent a very enjoyable hour yesterday in the company of Daniel (aka @winerackd) at his wine shop with a difference. He...

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10Aug 2011
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I’ve been unfaithful. It was a brief flirtation, it is definitely over now

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... we agreed we were not made for each other. Maybe out was our age difference, maybe it was ... that it tasted...

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10Aug 2011
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You are invited to a wine chat on Google+

I'm finding it difficult to find (UK based) wine lovers to talk about wine with on Google+ (the new 'social' network launched by Google).

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01Aug 2011
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Lobster!

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To be honest, and I realize I could be barred from Nova Scotia for thinking this, I don't really see the attraction in...

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