More than just wine

The Languedoc part of southern France in its ensemble has been considered for some time by many specialists as a sort of eldorado for winem...

I promise that I will get back to writing soon, but, in the meanwhile, here are a few more photos taken of the Commando by my photographer f...

I had never heard of the painter Louis Boudreault until a couple of weeks ago, when two of his recent drawing/paintings appeared on a TV...

As I spoke yesterday about the current Rugby World Cup, currently being played in New Zealand ( http://morethanjustwine.blogspot.com/2011/09...

At half-way through the pool stages of this competion now under way in New Zealand, what conclusions can we draw as to the next major stage,...

Building stone walls is an age-old practice. Until the use of concrete took over, stone cutting and building was so important to all forms o...

I was recently priviledged to meet a man called Nando Parrado. You may remember the story of a Uruguayan rugby team during the 1970's wh...

I confess that I have always been intrigued by the fact that the state of New York is the USA's third largest producer of wine, after th...

We can all remember the appalling natural catastrophy that struck Japan a few months ago. It filled the news columns for days and even weeks...

The Tri-Nations rugby competition has just finished with a victory by Australia in the final game against New Zealand, played last Sauturda...