Wasted on Gran Christine Austin November 17, 2019 Drink, Wine Is there anything more depressing than the term ‘fortified wine’? It reeks of dusty decanters on a mahogany sideboard, their contents slowly oxidising until they become undrinkable. So despite wine...
Fortify Yourself with Port, Sherry and Madeira Christine Austin December 9, 2018 Drink, Wine As the UK stands on the brink of Brexit, with deals still being done behind the scenes perhaps it is worth thinking back to previous centuries when Britain changed allegiances and made new ones, sometimes...
A diamond Portugueser – Cockburn’s Port Christine Austin September 8, 2015 Drink, Wine I was sitting at the polished dining table at Quinta dos Canais in the Upper Douro, Portugal, the home of Cockburn’s port, when the bottle of Special Reserve Port was passed around. This was the perfect...
