British Wine

Vineyards in Switzerland are mostly quite small, even compared to Burgundy, and usually on south-facing hillsides. I suppose this makes it hard for anyone to gather together the production and marketing muscle to push...

I grew up in Cornwall - South West England. Land of King Arthur, basically. We drank mead in our teens (mead and cider!), but I've not seen any large nationwide brands, and I've never even seen it in the US. Lets see if...

Two weeks ago ago I visited several wineries or rather 'bodegas' in the Mendoza region. I had a incredible mind-expanding experience! The Mendoza region is breathtaking with the snowcapped Andes in the background. The...

Actually not a bad translation by Google. Not stylistically slick, but the gist certainly gets across. They don't do anywhere near as well into English if the language is not European and relatively close to English in...

I was actually able to understand it but actually posting in French is an entirely different story. If you don't mind responses in English, just post in French and see what happens.

Good advice from Rfrainey! I recommend 3 days in Florence quite frequently. The first three days are ideal. It's a very English language friendly city so it helps one ease into the Italian lifestyle. There is a lot to...

Originally from Mexico - how did you end up in Australia? Must have been love. Too bad you won't be coming up here. And of course you didn't upset anyone and even if you did, too bad for them. I have a cousin who has...

To start the ball rolling, here are some that fall pretty much on the 'worst' side... Some wine: --Goats Do Roam (South Africa) --Shingleback Shiraz (Oz) --Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush (NZ) --Mother Cluckers Chardonnay...

From another thread: GregT: " Oh it makes my ears bleed. I need to go and drink a bottle of Sang de Cailloux" Dmcker: "So what's the 'terroir' for the blood of stones? Great naming for a domaine. Too bad you can't really...