Category: wine
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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
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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!
