International Picnic Day 2020
Ever wondered what make the best picnic wines? Then click below to hear Tom talk about three of his favourite wines ahead of International Picnic Day on June 18th. This was first broadcast on WCR FM on Sunday 14th June.
Chardonnay Three Ways
Click here to listen to Tom picking three different style Chardonnays for Taste Wolves on 101.8 WCR FM
World Malbec Day
Want to listen again to Sunday’s radio broadcast then click below! Last Friday, April 17 was World Malbec Day. Most grapes now claim a “day”, Albariño claims a whole week, but Malbec is wine worth paying attention to. Why? Well Malbec is one of the most popular red wine grapes in the UK right now, …
Wine for Mother’s Day
Looking at the calendar of important days of the year, there aren’t many that can trump Mothering Sunday (according to my Mum). A day where we can celebrate everything that the matriarch of the family has done for us in the past year, or remembering what they have done for pretty much every day of …
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, we’ve decided to pick some wines for you to try from three top female winemakers. Nyetimber is one of England’s leading sparkling wine producers. It was first planted with the champagne trio of chardonnay, pinot noir and meunier in 1988 and since then it has gone on to …
It’s not just for Dry January
The drinking world is changing, no doubt about it. The rise of the ‘Non Drinker’ has impacted how we view alcohol as an integral part of our everyday shopping basket. UK alcohol consumption shrunk per capita by a litre between 2000 and 2015 and in 2017, 20% of the population shunned alcohol completely. This isn’t …
Valentines Wines at WCR FM
Some of you will have been lucky enough to tune into our first wine radio show on 101.8 WCR FM this morning! If you did we hope you enjoyed and thank you for visiting our site. Our show this morning focussed on Valentines Day and what wines we think you could be cracking open with …
Beauty and the Bottle
Beauty and the Bottle One of the biggest phenomena to come about in the wine world of recent times is the industry obsession with creating ‘statement bottles’. Whilst trawling the wine shelves of your local wine haunt, you may have spotted many a curved bottle, squat bottle, tall bottle and even a square bottle, all …
Bierzo, a True Gem Well off the Tourist Trail
Stunning wine country in North West Spain A two hour flight from London to A Coruña on Spain’s North West Galician coast, followed by a two hour drive along a modern motorway brings you to the centre of the Bierzo wine region. Bierzo D.O covers about 3,000 km2 and is located in the north western …
How do you “taste” wine?
How do you “taste” wine? One question we are probably asked more than most is, “how do you taste wine?”. We’ve all seen self proclaimed wine experts swilling their glass, taking a huge sniff then dramatically gurgling it before spitting it intonations silver bucket. Is that right? Yes and no. The first thing to understand …