The Alexei Sayle line is, ‘Is it me, or is it bald, fat and Scouse in here?’ The Simon Woods line is, ‘Is it me, or are people missing the point in giving info on wines to normal people?’ Let’s transfer a typical spiel into a different genre… ‘This hand-crafted […]
Yearly Archives: 2008
News is that David Beckham has bought his wife a vineyard in Napa Valley. Apparently the produce will be just for friends and family, but maybe the talented twosome are looking for things to do once Becks hangs up his boots. Footballers Wines, and all that. Makes you wonder what […]
Make mine a Becks – wine, that is
Maybe it was my mood – dicky tummies all round chez Woods this week, probably the result of too much birthday cake (Isabella was 10 on Monday) . Maybe it was just the range of wines – a clutch of non-European reds that had been threatening to fall off the […]
(New) World Weary
A week at the International Wine Challenge hasn’t diminished my enthusiasm for decent juice. However, a final day of first round judging that saw our panel bin a number of bland, boring wines – fault-free but character-free too – left me craving something decidedly left-field (when did I start using […]
Weird Weekend Whites
The relief of finally being back on proper wines after my session with the brands is immense. Rather than reach for magnums (magna?) of numerous grands crus, I’ve eased myself back into the groove gently, with wines in the £10-£15 bracket. Star of these has been the Château de Fosse […]
Challenged
As I finally sit down to some wine I’d choose to drink, here’s a final verdict on the UK’s top wine brands based on my experience with them over the past three weeks. So counting down from the – let’s be polite – least good to the least bad…(numbers in […]