March 1st is National Pig Day. So we invited ourselves down to The Ginger Pig – one of the Bib Gourmand winning Ginger Group. We’ve picked three wines to go with Pork: Italian Gavi tastes of apples so is a natural fit. Spanish Rioja is made with Iberico ham in mind, so a red with [...]
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It’s that time again… After last year’s pink shorts, Henry takes to his bed to read out your (sometimes wine related) Valentine messages and recommends three wines to try on the dismal day: Prove your love with a £75 bottle from Molly Dooker in Australia, Carnival of Love. Stay in Oz for Double Love Trouble [...] 
It’s Burn’s Night: which means a sheep’s stomach filled with oats carried in by a man saying unintelligible sentences. Its also apparently means me wearing Cameraman’s kilt which he claims to have never worn with underpants, nor to have washed it for 14 years. We went to the laboratory/home of Whisky Dave Broom, one of [...] 