Thursday, 30 April 2026
Le taureau et le vin rouge
Saturday, 7 February 2026
Une occasion pour du mousseux
Monday, 12 January 2026
Le cellier à vin
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Glögg (word of the day)
Don't judge me, but I have been watching a Christmas romcom series on Netflix, called Home for Christmas. Not exactly groundbreaking, but while not original it can be genuinely cute at times and reasonably clever. But I watch it because it's set in Norway and it looks perfect for the holidays. Oh, and it's the same team that made A Storm for Christmas, which I really loved. Anyway, I discovered thanks to the third season a sort of mulled wine (or spirit) called glögg. Originally from Sweden, or so the Wikipedia entry says. I love to discover new Yuletide traditions and I hope to try glögg one day. Anyone ever drank it? Leave me a comment. And glögg is the word of the day.
Sunday, 7 December 2025
Spiced Mulled Wine
Saturday, 29 November 2025
Beaujolais pas nouveau
Sunday, 9 November 2025
Free Fizz
Sunday, 24 August 2025
Et maintenant le vin blanc...
Parce que le vin rouge me fait éternuer, j'ai décidé petit à petit de l'éliminer de mon régime et de privilégier la bière et le vin blanc, même si je n'ai jamais été un grand fan de ce dernier. Mais au fil des années, j'ai appris à apprécier le vin blanc et à accompagner mes repas avec, puisque je ne pouvais plus autant apprécier le rouge. Jusqu'à ce soir: je viens d'avoir une bonne crise d'éternuements comme si j'avais le rhume. Ce fût pénible, pour moi comme pour ma femme, qui déteste quand j'éternue comme un éléphant enrhumé. Enfin bref, je ne veux pas devenir (entièrement) sobre, mais ça commence à bien faire. On dirait que le vin ne veut plus de moi.
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
New Zealand Merlot
I mentioned recently that I won a bottle of wine in a tombola at Wolfie's school. A red wine, a Merlot from New Zealand. The one from Oyster Bay. I rarely drink red wine anymore, because it makes me sneeze as if I had a severe cold. And it gives me headaches. And also, it makes me thirsty. Well, I had the bottle pretty much all by myself, drank it in a few days, and I survived. I sneezed a bit the first night, then I was okay. So moral of the story: I can drink red wine again. I'm glad, because I always loved red wine, in spite of all the pain and suffering it gave me.
Friday, 18 July 2025
Tombola
There was a school fayre this afternoon at Wolfie's school, I went there right after work, for the last thirty minutes or so. I had time to enter a tombola: you buy tickets and you could buy a bottle of wine, of beer or of whatever drink, alcoholic or not. It was £2.00 for five tickets. At first, I only found a pound, so I asked: "Can I have two tickets and a half?" I think it deserves to be a great unknown line. Not my best, but it's been a while since I shared one funny line. Anyway, I found another pound in my pocket, so I got my five tickets, then I bought some more. In the end, we got a bottle of red wine, a soft drink and a bottle of non alcoholic coktail. Not bad.
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Festival des vins de Saguenay
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Fizzy Fest
Sunday, 25 May 2025
Prosecco in Marlow
The things you learn sometimes on the local news. SO I read yesterday that the small and very English town of Marlow (which is not very far from where we live) was going to host the first ever Prosecco Superiore festival in the UK. That's pretty cool. It's going to be called "Fizzy Fest" (not sure about the name, to be honest). I also learned in the article that the UK has the largest consumption of prosecco after Italy. It's news to me, but not surprising. I for one enjoy prosecco. I am not all that much into fizzy drinks, except beer, but prosecco is drinkable and generally much cheaper than champagne (although the one at this festival is most likely pricy, given that it is superior). So yeah, the Fizzy Fest has a website so I will check it from time to time and who knows, I might even attend. I am a Philistine when it comes to wine and bubbly wine, but I am curious and eager to learn.
Sunday, 4 May 2025
Vin blanc
Monday, 2 December 2024
First Mulled Wine
Sunday, 28 July 2024
Plus de paella
Friday, 19 July 2024
Le Tourdion
Je voulais la partager depuis quelques temps, une interprétation du Tourdion que mon frère PJ a trouvée. petite anecdote: je la chante parfois comme berceuse. Bon, allons, tous ensemble: "Quand je bois du vin clairet..."
La paella
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Sabler le champagne
Saturday, 25 May 2024
Question existentielle (388)
Une question existentielle inspirée de certaines circonstances (j'ai du champagne à boire):
-Quoi manger avec du champagne, plus particulièrement du Veuve Clicquot?
Je suis philistin, mais j'ai de quoi boire.













