Dec 21, 2012
After years of “winging it” with guests – nodding enthusiastically along with the analysis of the wine at hand and encouraging the conversation back to “New World” wines (namely South-West Australian wines!) as much as possible, I finally decided to do something...
Jul 13, 2012
The burly French butcher eyed me suspiciously, as if my accent had betrayed un peu trop de rosbif. He pulled out from beneath the counter an enormous slab of bovine flesh, and sunk his glistening blade into it with a sickening thud. Mon Dieu, I thought to myself, this...
Jun 10, 2011
Your Wine Supply & Provisioning needs in Croatia solved!!! We are delighted to announce that we will be working alongside Yacht Gourmet Croatia (www.yachtgourmetcroatia.com) this season to ensure that you get the best advice, service and, most importantly, WINE...
Nov 18, 2009
Phew! We’ve done it!! And I very much do mean “we” in this instance – our first WSET® Advanced Certificate in Wines & Spirits, with me as Tutor for the 5 Day course, and hubby Nigel, embarking onthe course as a Student. Well, its over now – the last run to the...
Oct 21, 2009
Always one step ahead of the game, Fine Wine Works have put together a programme for early 2010 covering all 3 Levels of the WSET accredited Wine Courses – check the Training Dates link under the Tab for Training! Although we work very closely with the Yachting...
Jun 15, 2009
All Aboard – Yacht Crew training! Phew, its been a busy Summer already and yet we’re only halfway through June! Wine Events, Tastings and searching out new and exciting wines certainly keep us busy. We’ve even put our first event for 2010 in the diary – scary, huh?...
