More than just wine

This article is probably only of special interest to those who follows matters of wine closely. Although, when I think about it, the whole b...

The fashion for rosé wines has gone crazy here in France over recent years. And, so I hear, in a few other markets. Somebody even told me th...

I know, I have been sadly remiss in my posts for the past few days. Work (of the sort that earns us a living) has its priorities, from tim...

I love looking at paintings and other stuff in galleries or museums. Anyone who reads this blog regularly will realise that. But I do dislik...

These portraits span a period of just over 500 years, with a major gap between the late 17th and late 19th centuries. What has changed, ap...

The other day I saw a poster in the Paris metro advertising a coming concert by Greg Allman. 40 years on! Hard to believe sometimes how time...

No, this is not going to be about lightly-clothed models draped over bikes in bike shows or in garages. Although they may be very decorative...

I realise that have lapsed in feeding this column over the past few weeks, but here we go with a whole range of wines from a small estate/wi...

As was the case between my first Norton Commando (the 750 Fastback) and the Moto Guzzi La Mans Mk1, there was a bit of a gap between the tim...

I visited the site of Delphi a few years ago. Apart from the impressive scale and beauty of this site, a single object has stuck in my mind ...