Category Archives: Wine and dine

And the 12th annual Oxford beer festival was…

excellent!  My fave was Brewdog’s “Bashah” at 8.6%.  A lovely way to end the evening!  But there are more to sample than those I’ve tried tonight, some 140 real ales served from the cask – the best way to drink … Continue reading

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Meat and three veg.

We passed through our newly opened local supermarket and picked up some lovely fillet steak on Tuesday.  In deciding what to have with it we didn’t realise that we had chosen “meat and three veg”.  Actually it was… Pan fried … Continue reading

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Wolf Blass – owned by Fosters, but good still good wine!

Wolf Blass Red label Cab Merlot 2005. This wine is one of many under $8 that I’m drinking at the moment.  The reason for the “affordable” price tag is that I can only buy wines that fit a niche, and … Continue reading

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Happily appointed?

Is appointment the opposite of disappointment? Those of you who know me (not meaning to get philosophical) know that I tend to be a wine snob (I can hear Dan saying “and a coffee snob, and a tea snob, and … Continue reading

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A good drop??!!

One word answers this question. No. BUT both Dave and James had to try it.

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A lovely drop for a Monday night

I asked Kate what other categories I should have and we managed to come up with “wine”. I agreed, thinking that I could now drink more wines for “research” purposes.  Can’t argue with that eh? So the idea of this … Continue reading

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