Love, what a wonderful word. Full of promises and whispers. It’s been said that red is the colour of love. It’s been said that bubbles can stimulate the appetite by tickling taste buds. Are they capable of tickling hearts too and making people fall in love? And what if the bubbles were red? I don’t…

New Zealand holds amazing coastlines with golden sandy beaches, sweeping mountains, caves, hot springs, wildlife and many more attractions that make it a popular destination and on many people’s holiday bucket list. It’s approximately a 25 hour flight time away from London and indeed it is more or less on the other side of the…

Slovenia is part of the European Union and is bordered by a total of four countries which are Italy, Austria, Croatia and Hungary. The population of Slovenia is fairly small at just over 2 million with the area of the country being around 7,827 square miles. The land is very lush and green with much…

From the launch ceremony of the first AC75 to the America’s Cup in 2021 Ferrari Trento will be alongside the team at every stage. Ferrari Trento has been chosen as the ‘Sparkling partner’ of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team: a group of outstanding professionals who not only bring technological excellence to the yachting world’s…

We hold many wine tastings for those consumers who are intrigued to know that little bit more about sparkling wines and one of the most popular facts that surprise many starting off their journey of wine education is that black grapes do not contain red grape juice and that white wines can be produced from…

Phenomenally successful light sparkling wine of north-east Italy, the country’s biggest DOC appellation, now running in a long sweep of 222 kilometres from Vincenzo in the Veneto to Trieste, close to the border with Slovenia. Recent very extensive plantings en route on the flatlands of Friuli, producing thirst quenching party wine. For more serious finely…

Coming from East London myself I am very familiar with pie and mash, I have visited many times varied shops selling this quite basic yet globally famous dish. History of Pie & Mash The east end of London was generally seen as the working class and cheaper area of the capital mostly down to the…

“Co-op Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned by millions of UK consumers.” When it comes to finding some decent wine within UK supermarkets there is plenty of choice to indulge in. Many supermarkets that are household names now stock quite in-depth wine lists and especially visible within the larger stores – A lot…

Having recently, quite literally, popped over to Austria thanks to an invitation to the Slovenian winery Radgonske gorice, I simply had to indulge in some fine ‘hearty’ Austrian cuisine whilst I was there. Austria is landlocked with eight countries bordering it (hard for me to imagine as I now live with sea views from my…