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Musing on minerals

I decided that this week I’d highlight wines that had mineral flavours. “Minerals,” I blurted out at the dinner table. “I’ll write about minerals this week”. My suggestion was met with derision.

A trio of bargains from Waitrose

May Day celebrations in this fair isle do not lend themselves to wine. Morris dancers drink beer or cider and Maypole dancers drink orange squash.

Getting hot with wines

Which wine should you serve when things start getting hot? Now there’s an ambiguous question if ever I posed one.

Wines to accompany Easter lamb

Easter is just around the corner. With that in mind, I considered suggesting wines to go with chocolate, but I can’t help thinking that is a bad idea.

Wines to accompany asparagus

Sparrowgrass, I just love the folky name for asparagus, it sounds like a Tolkien character. I love to eat it too, as long as it is very fresh and paired with a good white wine.