Pinot Noir – Femme Fatale
Published on 10th October
Tim Worth This hot, hot summer, I recommend escaping into the shade and indulging in a glass or two of the most alluring of all red wines – Pinot Noir. But only if you know what you’re getting into! Of…
‘Songelier’ – Nick Cave, Peaky Blinders & The Beatles
Published on 9th October
Tim Worth Most of us are familiar with the term sommelier- a wine waiter skilled at matching wine with food. Well, now, it seems there’s a new talent in town. At a recent trade tasting, I bumped into good friend…
Christmas gift books for wine lovers
Published on 8th October
The other day, I logged onto Amazon, clicked through to the books section, typed “wine” into the search box and, to my amazement, discovered that there are nearly 100,000 books with the word “wine” in the title. So, just how,…
Pedro Ximenez on Food & Drink
Published on 11th December
Tim Worth – December 2018 Guilty pleasures was the theme of an old Food and Drink programme I caught recently – and the pièce de résistance of indulgence came right at the programme’s end, when Michel Roux’s immensely rich, salted caramel…
Basil Fawlty, Frank Sinatra, Karl Marx and many more
Published on 5th August
Tim Worth – August 2018 ‘Wine is a friend, wine is a joy; and, like sunshine, wine is the birthright of all.’ Andre Simon Wise words but Andre, as you may have guessed, wasn’t from these shores. Rather, he was…
Quaff My Bluff Wine Tasting
Published on 22nd July
Quaff My Bluff Wine Tasting Derby “Call My Bluff” was a popular BBC panel game show that ran from 1965 to 2005. The format of the game was straightforward – competing teams gained points by identifying the correct definition of…