| So, Fiona and I were given a nice present by our good friends Karl and Kate. The deal was they would get to look after our lovely children and RTL for the weekend; we would get to go to a five star... | |
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| You'd think after a week of tasting some 500 wines, I'd be running away from the stuff. Aversion therapy, I think they call it.Not a bit of it. Instead, my palate is like an athelete's body, finely... | |
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| Finished the first week of the International Wine Challenge (IWC). It has been less physically demanding on my palate that I'd anticipated, although I am physically very tired.Yesterday a BBC camera... | |
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| The International Wine Challenge (IWC) is held in the Barbican. It's a remarkable construction, built on a site that had been bombed out in WWII, which then remained undeveloped for two decades,... | |
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| Today was the first day's judging at the International Wine Challenge, where I'm busy for the next two weeks as a panel chair. It's the world's largest blind tasting competition.What I tasted today,... | |
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| I know golf is hideously uncool, but I like it. Each year, I watch the Augusta Masters, which is the first major tournament in the calendar, and because of the time difference is pretty convenient... | |
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| Fiona's mother is 70, and so we've been hosting an epic of a surprise birthday weekend here chez Goode. Family have flocked to Feltham from the corners of the world (well, Geneva, Devon and... | |
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| Two big, generous red wines:Domaine Treloar ‘Tahi’ 2006 Côtes du RoussillonThe top wine from this domaine, who advocate the use of sustainable viticulture. It’s a big old wine, made with a fair... | |
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| Spent an interesting day down at the Gaymer Cider Company in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The goal was to learn a bit more about cider. Now cider isn't wine, but it does have quite a lot in common with... | |
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| Isn't Eurostar great? Such a painless way to travel, especially if you travel business class and make use of the lounges. The move to St Pancras as the London terminal means that Paris is now very... | |
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