What makes a wine "vegan"?
What makes a wine vegan? Isn't it just...grapes? Yes - and no. One of the great anomalies of wine is that despite being a food or...
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Sophie Griffiths
- Jul 12, 2022
- 5 min
Bluffer's Guide: How to act like a wine expert
So you want to look like a wine "expert", even though being handed the wine list makes you break out in a cold sweat? Maybe you want to...
Sophie Griffiths
- Jul 6, 2022
- 6 min
36 Hours in Rome for Second Timers
This is not a post for Rome virgins. On your first visit, you have to pay your dues. Itineraries planned, tickets pre-booked. That bucket...
Sophie Griffiths
- Mar 23, 2022
- 4 min
Travel Guide: Planning a Wine Tasting Day in Mornington Peninsula
Only 1.5 hours from Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula is a brilliant option for a day of wine tasting thanks to its compactness, focus and...
Sophie Griffiths
- Mar 23, 2022
- 7 min
Prepping Your Palate & Mind for WSET Diploma Tasting Exams
How to prepare your palate for Diploma tasting exam - some practical advice and exam-day hacks to help you feel prepared and in control.
Sophie Griffiths
- Feb 3, 2022
- 2 min
A Book Lover's Guide to Wine: Wines As Romantic Icons
1. Heathcliff A swarthy, formidable hero of exotic origins; brooding, earthy and untamed. The Lebanese icon has always been produced with...
Sophie Griffiths
- Jan 28, 2022
- 2 min
Winter Wonders: Celeriac with Truffled Lentils & Roasted Hazelnuts
This was an 'I-can't-be-bothered-to-go-to-the-shop' riff on Ottolenghi's 'Celeriac and Lentils with Hazelnuts and Mint' and I think works...
Sophie Griffiths
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Fragrant Yellow Thai Fish Curry with Prawn & Crab
This fragrant and rich curry is perfect for off-dry fragrant whites like Riesling and Alsace Pinot Gris. The secret is not to hold back...
Sophie Griffiths
- Dec 5, 2021
- 4 min
The Christmas Gift Guide
All your Christmas gifting needs sorted! Each of these will arrive tissue-wrapped and presented in Flexi-Hex Honeycomb recyclable bottle...
Sophie Griffiths
- Sep 13, 2021
- 17 min
WSET Diploma: How to survive D3 without losing your mind (completely)
If you've come here because you're panicking about the WSET D3 module, I've got you. Take a deep breath and just know you are not alone....
Sophie Griffiths
- Aug 26, 2021
- 7 min
How to: Choose Your Wedding Wine.
Wine is an integral part of any wedding celebration in our western culture. It also represents one of the biggest variable costs in the...
Sophie Griffiths
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
THAT Baked Feta & Tomato Pasta recipe...
For a period of time over February this year, it was impossible to get hold of feta cheese. Did you notice? I certainly did. I had seen...
Sophie Griffiths
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Black Garlic & Tomato Slow-Cooked Lamb Shanks
A warming, deeply moreish Lamb recipe and a great twist on the usual Easter Lamb roast for your Easter Sunday lunch. This will warm your...