What wine is 19 Crimes? Credit: IG @yoozby Launched in 2012, 19 Crimes is currently the UK’s favourite supermarket wine according to a recent survey conducted by Wine List, a wine subscription service. So why? How? When did this happen? And seeing as so many of you have asked me about this wine at some point …
Quintarelli Amarone 2005 Ok, what can I say…. When I see the familiar squiggles of a Guisepe Quinterelli label I go a little giddy… And no it’s not because I’m drunk! It’s because I’m in love. Not the self deprecating, argumentative and oh so often disappointing love between two people, but true love! Quinterelli never …
Ridgeview Winery An English estate with one vision; To make only the best tradition method sparkling wine. Out of Albert Einstein’s many quotes one resonates deeply within me: “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” And in the moment at Ridgeview when you are overlooking the uniform rows of vines, gracefully …
THE CHOCOLATE BLOCK 2011 I have worked in restaurants all my life, and in the last few years in London, the one most requested wine from customers has been THE CHOCOLATE BLOCK! Granted I was working in a steakhouse at the time, and this wine is a plump juicy red just waiting to get it’s …
