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Food Pairing With Wine, solving the mushroom problem with a mini wine tasting

by Janne | Jan 31, 2019 | Champagne, Chardonnay, Food & Wine, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, Sparkling, Tasting & Tours, White Wine, Wine Recommendations, Wine Tasting | 0 |

Food pairing with wine is fun. Usually! When your food includes mushrooms, particularly cooked...

Wine Tasting Syrah/Shiraz

by Janne | Dec 14, 2018 | London, Red Wine, Tasting & Tours, Wine Tasting | 0 |

An evening dedicated to a grape I usually actively avoid. What had possessed me! Being a WSET...

L’Autre Vie review, boutique hotel in Bordeaux vineyards

by Janne | Apr 21, 2017 | France, Tasting & Tours, Wine Tasting | 0 |

I was excited about staying in the middle of a vineyard in Bordeaux. But as our long drive through France brought us closer I was getting nervous that the small boutique hotel wouldn’t live up to its website’s promise Driving cautiously along the rough track, between rows of vines heavy with grapes, we caught our first glimpse of L’Autre Vie. A corner of one of the buildings was enough to tell us the website’s photos hadn’t lied. It really was nestled in the middle of vines.