Syrah or Shiraz?

In Australia (and sometimes in South Africa), the grape syrah is known as shiraz. Why… Continue reading

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The novel (and movie) Sleeping Beauty was based on a French château in the Loire… Continue reading

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“In Europe then we thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also as a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.”

—Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast