These Top 5 drinks lists will introduce you to my favourite wine regions, bars, wines, cocktails and wine folk.
Top Wine Regions in Veneto The Veneto is Italy’s most prolific wine-producing region – hardly surprising given it’s home to the popular sparkling wines of Prosecco and whites of Soave plus the iconic reds of Valpolicella. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! There are many smaller appellations too – lesser known outside […]
Food Guide To Venice Like A Local Every guidebook calls Venice ‘La Serenissima’ and leaves it at that, as if the name alone explains an ancient city spread over 130+ islands, threaded by 176 canals, and with no roads at all (except on Lido). Experience Venice Like a Local on my Small-Group Veneto Food & […]
Best Bars in Venice Italians love an aperitivo, but Venice does bar culture like nowhere else in Italy. Long before craft cocktails and natural wine lists became a global trend, the best bars in Venice had perfected the art of ‘cicchetti e un’ombra’. Visit Venice’s Best Bàcari on my Small-Group Food & Wine Tour. The […]
Best Pubs in Edinburgh Edinburgh’s New Town hides some of its best secrets in the basement. Tucked beneath the city’s grand Georgian townhouses, the best pubs in Edinburgh are cosy, dimly-lit rooms of exposed stone, pressed metal ceilings and well-worn wood. Discover Edinburgh’s Best Pubs & Restaurants on my Edinburgh Food Tour! There’s cask ale […]
Best Bars In Bologna What Italians call a ‘bar’ is generally both a café and somewhere to buy alcohol. Many are also licenced as tabacchi, so conveniently sell bus tickets, stamps and phone cards too. Join my Northern Italian Food & Wine Tour Ending in Bologna! Whether you want a little nip of grappa in […]
Best Sparkling Rosés I have to confess that sparkling wines aren’t a passion of mine – I’d generally rather spend my alcohol quota on still wine. Some occasions call for fizz however and that’s when I reach for one of the best sparkling rosés I can find. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure […]
Best Australian Rosé Wines Spring and summer mean long days, balmy evenings, the scent of jasmine, and rosé! Though the food-friendly nature of the best Australian rosés makes them great at any time of year. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! I used to have a bias toward the pale salmon-pink rosés […]
Best Food & Wine Matches 2017 I love food – and I love wine. But best of all I love it when the two come together in a marriage that is greater than the sum of its parts, In the best food & wine matches each lifts the other to new heights. Join me on […]
Best Chilled Red Wines When I talk about chilled red wines, I don’t mean rosé, I mean real red wines that are good chilled, especially in summer! Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! After all, red wine is intended to be drunk at ‘cellar temperature’ and a European cellar is around 15°C […]
Swiss Wine Switzerland rarely rates a mention when we talk about wine producing countries. Yet wine has been made here since Roman times, when settlers brought their vines and expertise to Helvetia around 15 BC. Explore Swiss Wine on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland (See Video Below)! Today Switzerland contains just […]