Category: wine
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Watching the Strictly Come Dancing Final with family & friends ๐๐บ
Champagne ๐ฅ Beer ๐บ Port ๐ท Snacks
Pizzas arriving soon ๐
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Emergency lighting evening. Will be attempting Trivial Pursuit by candlelight accompanied by cheese and wine ๐ฒ๐ง๐ท๐
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Retsina and Hive on the beach ๐๏ธ๐ท
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Starting my vowel collection
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Very interesting and enjoyable visit to and tour of Llanerch Vineyard, Vale of Glamorgan yesterday for wine tasting and lunch ๐ท
Wine was sampled!
Red
White
Guardian of the Grape
Vines & Poplars
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Location check in ๐บ โ Llanerch Vineyard ๐ท
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Very continental! Made in France wine merchant on Church Street, Stoke Newington. Sparkling burgundy ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ท๐ซ๐ท
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Location check in ๐บ โ Six by Nico, New York Menu and matching wines ๐ท
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First BBQ of 2024 ๐ท
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Italian theme tonight - spaghetti with (vegan) meatballs and Chianti Classico ๐ท ๐ฎ๐น
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A quiet New Year’s Eve ๐ง ๐ท
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… and Xmas essentials #2 just arrived ๐ท๐
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Should have waited until my second beverage before posting my daily photoblogging image - I prefer this ๐ท ๐
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Final evening in Greece so it will be retsina ๐ท followed by an ouzo nightcap
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Location check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge, Gloucester Road, Bristol for vegan Beyond Meat Cheeseburger and Malbec ๐ท
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๐ Pompeii fresco depicts what might be the precursor of pizza
Archaeologists have discovered a fresco in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii that may depict the ancestor of the Italian pizza.
More details from The History Blog: Still life with pizza found at Pompeii
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Lusco Fusco ๐ท
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Saturday shopping for celebration barbecue ๐บ๐ท ๐
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Got to Bristol Airport early (as usual), through security then had notification that flight to Lisbon delayed by an hour and a half. We ordered a bottle of Prosecco. New notification that delay is now only going to be half an hour ๐ซค โ๏ธ
Still plenty of time though!
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Bar 44, Clifton, Bristol. Excellent tapas ๐ท
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Lebanese wine with our pizza tonight ๐ ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ง
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Location check in ๐บ โ tomatitos tapas bar, hay-on-wye. good rioja! ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge, Gloucester Road, Bristol for a Beyond burger plus tapas. Delicious. Excellent wine too ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Bar One, Wales Millennium Centre ๐ท
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red โ day 30 of the micro.blog october 2021 photoblogging challenge ๐ท ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Bar 44, Cardiff for tapas and wine ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge, Beyond vegan cheeseburger and Malbec ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Revolucion de Cuba. Go to drinks venue! Carafe of Malbec ๐ท
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Corvina ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ The Dock, Cardiff Bay, a French Cabernet Sauvignon ๐ท
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Cheese & Mustard ๐ง ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Back to Revolucion de Cuba for wine after Bar 44. ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Bar 44 for tapas and wine ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Duke of Wellington. Malbec ๐ท
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Greece is the word for white wines ๐ โ Excerpt: Diamantakis Diamantopetra White, Crete, Greece 2019 (from ยฃ16.95, nywines.co.uk; mrandmrsfinewine.co.uk; woodwinters.com) There are some beautiful red wines made in Greece. Some great sweet wines, too. Even retsina can have its pine-scented moment.
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Basil and wine - in the midst of making pizza ๐ ๐ท
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Check in ๐บ โ Tinto Lounge. First meal out since the beginning of March. Very good vegan Beyond Cheese Burger with a glass of Malbec ๐ ๐ท ๐
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Porto Lounge. Check in ๐บ - for a Beyond burger and Malbec ๐ท
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Revolucion de Cuba. Check in ๐บ - Malbec & Mojito ๐ท
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Porto Lounge. Check in ๐บ - Malbec ๐ท
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For the sake of balance, ๐ท … (sitting outside a pub in Bristol with LOTS of โvintageโ signs)
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Rooftop Terrace. Check in ๐บ - Ice skating and mulled wine. Just the latter for me. ๐ท
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Duke Of Wellington. Malbec ๐ท
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The Royal Hotel. Wine before bed ๐ท
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Madame Bobalรบ ๐ท
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Bar 44. Still my favourite place to eat in Cardiff.
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Duke Of Wellington. Malbec ๐ท
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Lazy Lounge. Prosecco
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Porto Lounge. โBeyond Cheeseโ burger (vegan), tapas and Malbec ๐ท
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Mixing it up in Amsterdam - ready for Wales game in Irish pub with Italian wine and lots of Dutch cheese. ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ท
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Pre-opera glass of wine. At Wales Millennium Centre for Verdiโs Un ballo in maschera.
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Checked in at The Cabin
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๐ Why the ultimate breakfast of champions might just be wine and cheese
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Checked in at Gino D’acampo My Pizza & Prosecco Bar
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Trying an unfiltered natural wine for the first time. Reminds me a bit of a good quality still cider. ๐ท
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Checked in at Kaki Rahi Taverna
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Checked in at Taverna Zorbas
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Currently reading: Terror and terroir โ The winegrowers of the Languedoc and modern France by Andrew W. M. Smith ๐
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Perfectly acceptable retsina at โฌ2.20 a litre ๐ท
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Very strange to buy a full bottle of wine in a plastic bottle. Itโs a Bulgarian Sauvignon. Itโs OK :)
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Checked in at Wales Millennium Centre Bar. Bean burger ๐ & Malbec ๐ท
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๐ No More Than a Litre of Wine a Day
French 1950s Health and Sobriety posters. Interesting article with lots of images.
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Checked in at Duke Of Wellington. Malbec.
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Checked in at Bar 44. Tapas.
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Checked in at Rhoswenallt Inn
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Checked in at The White Horse. Rioja!
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s remains rediscovered in wine cellar ๐
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Retsina at the Acropolis Museum๐ท
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Arrived in Athens for a five day stay. In quite a โbudgetโ area but found a little cafe down an arcade that served some great fried seafood dishes and wine at โฌ3 a litre :)
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Checked in at Cafe Citta. Cardiff, linguine & wine ๐ท
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Checked in at Antica Enoteca. Pizza & wine.
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Average wine glass capacity has increased from 66ml in the 1700s to 417ml in the 2000s, with the mean wine glass size in 2016-17 even higher at 449ml. ๐ Size does matter: wine glasses are seven times larger than they used to be
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Despite overnight snow we still managed to receive a delivery of a fine selection of Italian, Spanish and Greek wines from @NakedWines. Now ready for Xmas. ๐ท
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Checked in at Mackenzies. Tapas, beer, wine.
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๐ Sustainability taken a step too far? โ Goblet of fire: how spat-out wine is being turned into spirits.
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๐ท Iโve got to admit that I am seduced by interesting wine labels. In this case the wine is also pretty good!
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๐ Bookmark โ Wine, protest and Macron: why southern French wine producers are so angry
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Tapas time…
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โฌ5.50 for 1.5l of Kourtaki retsina in Skiathos supermarket :) Has to be done!
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Wine glasses have increased in size from a capacity of 65ml 300 years ago to 450ml today - ๐ Bigger wine glasses make us drink too much
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Bought the book, not so convinced by the wine … #Hay30 @yanisvaroufakis
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Big, Big, Big Red Wine
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Big, Big, Big Red Wine @ Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff https://t.co/YePExetTdw
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Drinking like a fish #boots #wine http://t.co/rGVDLqRlJR
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@NakedWines A little Boy Meets Girl was on the cards! … the @BMGwines A & R Shiraz Viognier in fact :)
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Having the first wines we chose during the @NakedWines Cardiff tasting - order arrived today - as good as I remember! http://t.co/P3AvqB7DQf
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Pinot Noir
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Three Choirs Vineyard, near Newent
Photo via Instagram bit.ly/Yqhusk
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…and fantastic wine, especially the Prosecco!
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Good free wifi in The Wine Bar ! http://t.co/hFO2OLaHsO
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Aglianico and Falanghina now added to the list of Italian wines I like! (Red and white respectively)
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ยฃ11.60 for two 187ml glasses of wine??? :(
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Now in St John the Evangelist church, Canton, paying for wine with “a donation of our choice”. Great acoustics for music - Climbing Trees.
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Pints of red wine @Manics http://t.co/3kQvEA1xzQ
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Malaria tablets washed down with champagne…
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No electricity = candles + wine http://t.co/E2yuCRHBHh
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Shiraz and KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff tonight #Music
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I believe I’m the only person drinking red wine in the Motopoint Arena #ArcticMonkeys
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Goes well with red wine! From http://t.co/m6BvrfPl60 http://t.co/iy19VF7cPe
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My Greek beloved… https://t.co/bVhjIBVcaJ
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Appropriate names for a winery #63 @ Bugibba, Malta http://t.co/jZB7Ftcb8g
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The world is fine as seen through wine. http://t.co/duI2IkwXiU
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RT @PenPastwn: Caged wine. I only want Rioja. http://t.co/YksxTwop
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My favourite white wine of this year'’s tasting event in Cardiff - ordered a couple of bottles, g… http://t.co/kI1TO7cy
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A little earlier! RT @NakedWines: Naked tasting at #Cardiff City Hall in full swing http://t.co/jzyfL2Sn
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Great evening at wine tasting at Cardiff City Hall @NakedWines #nakedtour2012 - nice selection of open takeouts at end too!
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Not too crowded - too easy to get wine! http://t.co/HpHNSR9h
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In Revolucion de Cuba for tapas prior to wine tasting @NakedWines in Cardiff #nakedtour2012
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Looking forward to it! RT @nakedwines: Who’s coming to our #wine tasting in #Cardiff tomorrow? Over 150 wines… http://t.co/hhrbdgGa
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SA and red wine before midday - not looking good… http://t.co/stgQFtLM
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Morse Code wine by Henry’s Drive Vignerons (http://t.co/cYEBKsj0) - good price at Tesco at the moment! http://t.co/SGNkI3lV
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Stepping back in time and having a glass of green ginger wine!
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Great wine labels! @NakedWines http://t.co/g0Gj2eLy
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Great delivery this morning - Wild Meat Company and @NakedWines, perfect partners! http://t.co/BRRKT4mH
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@NakedWines Beers???? Traitor!
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Not that I’m drinking wine this early in the morning - will be having a beer with #rwc2011 soon though!
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Another lovely wine from naked! Smooth, clean tasting with loads of flavour - fruit and light spi…http://bit.ly/nEUKyy
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Great design of wine label from @NakedWines http://plixi.com/p/94851243
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Credit also due to Parcel Force who got a box of 15 bottles of wines (@NakedWines) up here - Royal Mail can’t manage a single letter :(
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Seriously impressed @NakedWines - got our Xmas delivery despite a load of snow. Have had no other deliveries since last Thursday!
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Great wine! RT @NakedWines: The Manley Pinotage has quite a few cult followers… the new vintage is in… http://cot.ag/ifNYXj #nwwine
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A baker’s dozen of @NakedWines arrived - mainly syrah & malbec - now, which to have with my steak tonight? http://plixi.com/p/51811204
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@NakedWines Go on then - I’ll give the Lorca malbec a try! Expect an update in a couple of hours :)
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Lorca malbec VERY smooth, fruity, slightly spicy, too drinkable! @NakedWines - went well with a great steak!
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All the cheap retsina we’re buying in Kefalonia is from Crete - long way for it to come…
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Cheap crown capped retsina is as good as ever!
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Just been a brief but fairly glowing mention of @nakedwines on BBC R4 ‘Food Programme’
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@NakedWines Definitely a compliment!
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Curse you, @NakedWines, you’ve ruined cheap supermarket wine for me!
