Archive for May, 2011

May 31, 2011 0

Gettin Funky with the Fortifieds

By in Tasting, The Butler Wine-Show

OK, a short and sweet video and post about a recent event we attended. Fortified wine is the subject. Henry is the man getting stuck in, and sticky. It’s just good infotainment we think. Get a glass of something fortified and relax. - The Sub-editor

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May 26, 2011 0

Vegetarian wines

By in The Butler Wine-Show

Its National Vegetarian Week. No, I didn’t know that either. It might seem incongruous that a drink made from grapes might have vegetarian alternatives, but some animal bi-products do make their way into wine production through the filtration process (used to stop the wine becoming hazy). Egg white, fish guts and even bulls blood can [...]

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May 23, 2011 0

Greek wine wins

By in The Butler Wine-Show

Working a Wine Wednesday at the Pop Up Restaurant Residence is hard work. You don’t eat and they pay you with booze. As a result my credibility is called into question in this video as I struggle to find a link to a story about a Greek Wine winning a women only wine tasting competition, [...]

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May 12, 2011 0

Eurovision Eurowines (wines to drink while watching the Eurovision song contest)

By in Tasting, The Butler Wine-Show

Its the Eurovision song contest this Saturday and the planets moved into alignment and made it coincide with a venture we are involved with as part of the Brighton Festival. Residence is a pop up restaurant that Cameraman founded with his friend Chris at City College Brighton and this year the theme is 1970s – [...]

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