ather than writing up some ‘meaningful’ wine tasting notes and a choice food match on Spittoon will have to wait as I’ve been playing with Photoshop.ARead More

While writing up the gnocchi recipe last week I realised that the photos from the cooking class at the Terre Margaritelli Winery in Umbria have beenRead More

I’m guessing that most people, are little different to me in finding that enthusiasm in interests wax and wane. One week inspiration is totally lacking forRead More

A fine location for the 2011 edition of the European Wine Bloggers Conference – Brescia, Italy. Off the beaten track really, few tourists make it toRead More

Seems the latest photo-fad is to subject phone camera snaps with an Instragram filter. Nothing wrong with this of course, the filters often impart a greatRead More

When the heck did these appear? Was the plant visited by the runner bean fairy overnight? Certainly weren’t spotted over the last few days of watering…Read More

A fixation with clouds appears to have developed recently. A terminal condition or one to be replaced with a new intense focus when one feels billowingRead More

Remember those runner beans that which I did plant out in a patch of unpromising stony earth? It’s all part of a promotional campaign to getRead More

It isn’t open to the general public, nor is it included on the Raimat tour but Raimat castle is opened to visiting journalists, buyers etc forRead More

Weather-wise last Friday wasn’t that great a day. Near blanket cloud and a high chance of rain was perhaps not the most ideal of conditions forRead More