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  • Crafting the perfect restaurant wine list

    6th Mar 2024

    Crafting the perfect restaurant wine list

    An important weekend is approaching. It's time to treat your mother to a meal out at a top restaurant. One that has a wine list needing more than a cursory glance to choose a celebratory bottle. Do…

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  • Shiraz... Seriously sexy beast?

    7th Feb 2024

    Shiraz... Seriously sexy beast?

    Nestled in the heart of South Australia lies the Barossa Valley, a region renowned for producing some of the world's finest Shiraz wines. With its rich history going back to the 1850…

    Published by Francis Elms

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  • Are you ready for an "AI" Christmas?

    18th Dec 2023

    Are you ready for an "AI" Christmas?

    "AI" is definitely here!   The images for this blog were generated by the AI program within the website photo/banner making operation. The wording used in describing what's wanted is very im…

    Published by Francis Elms

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  • Elf on the shelf

    1st Dec 2023

    Elf on the shelf

    This year, the "Elf on the shelf" has been collaborating with the "Gnomes in your home" in an attempt to do the unthinkable ... sabotage Christmas!!! Elves can be mischievous. Very mischievous.…

    Published by Francis Elms

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  • Food for thought

    20th Nov 2023

    Food for thought

    Photo: Obsessed by veg?   The weather's turned cooler and the fresh, crispy, summer salad "greens" have now been replaced by root vegetables, broccoli, cabbage and plenty of great British sp…

    Published by Francis Elms

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  • What makes a medal winner?

    11th Oct 2023

    What makes a medal winner?

    Now, I don't want to blow Frazier's own trumpet, but according to the eminently trustworthy "Wine-Searcher", we are the big winners for 2023. Awarded three "Golds" for the best "French…

    Published by Francis Elms

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  • King for a day

    6th Oct 2023

    King for a day

    If you look closely at the above image you might notice some luxury, convenience food, "Royal style". Could the King be tucking into a large tub of Cornish vanilla ice cream and the Queen about to enj…

    Published by Francis Elms

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  • Spain: Rockin' in Rioja

    15th Sep 2023

    Spain: Rockin' in Rioja

    Have you seen it? The boys have put the band back together for one last tour and are winding their way through Spain in an oversized motorhome causing the usual mayhem. Plenty of regional fo…

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  • Brits in France: Living the dream!

    31st Aug 2023

    Brits in France: Living the dream!

    [Photo: Holiday hotspot ~ The magnificent Carcassonne castle in the Languedoc, South of France] Earlier in the year I wrote about where in the world would be the most exciting place to go and liv…

    Published by Francis Elms

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  • Bubble, bubble

    29th Jul 2023

    Bubble, bubble

    The three Witches: "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble" Well, maybe that's how Shakespeare thought sparkling wine would be made in the future as, when Macbeth…

    Published by Francis Elms

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