More than just wine

Ok, so I've been going on about this for a while, but I have now finally sold my former, fully-repaired and now in very good condition D...

Ok, now you've seen it. Feeling scared, impressed, amazed, knocked-out? Thinking that this is just stupid, beau...

It is not often that one has the clear feeling of tasting a series of wines that have every chance of becoming future benchmarks in terms of...

I like roses a lot, especially the older varieties that smell good and climb all over the place. Actually not all the ones I have plant...

There is an old saying in England that goes like this; "more haste, less speed". I think that we all experience the inevitable tru...

If you just want an answer to this question, you can skip to the bottom of the page! When I am in my cynical vein, I sometimes feel that t...

Well, I have finally got around to it! I have bought a new bike (a KTM 690, about which I will give you a test report sometime soon) a...

Been a while since I wrote much here, so I suppose this had better be interesting! I certainly find the subject matter fascinating, and wa...

Supposed (I don't know for sure) Jamaican drug baron Christopher "Dudus" Coke goes on trail today in New York. Yes, Coke happe...

I have just finished reading John Fante's book called " The Brotherhood of the Grape ". Auspicious title indeed for someone wh...