Love the Loire

In between teaching on our WSET® Wine Courses this month, I’ve been busy dreaming up themes and ideas for our forthcoming programme of Gourmet Dinners and Food & Wine Matching events. I suppose being forced to open several bottles from each region with one’s...

New Wine Courses & Events Dates

You can find all the details for the following Wine Courses and Forthcoming Events under the relevant sections on this site but as we have such a jam packed Summer & early Autumn ahead I wanted to have the opportunity to shout about it – LOUDLY! Firstly,...

Zingy and Fresh Tasting Food & Wine

Zingy & Fresh Wine & Food? I know, I know – post Christmas and feeling sluggish and perhaps a little sorry that the fun is all over for another year, one could hardly be expected to feel energetic and lively, harrumph! But shops everywhere and gardens here on...

Wine Tasting & Mushroom Tasting in Italy

Having recently returned from a heavenly (and ever so slightly greedy) three week drive around Italy, my head is still very much in Bella Italia when it comes to food and wine.   Earthy Autumn flavours abound at the moment and as an “October Birthday Bunny”, I can...