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The question I get asked at 99% of the tastings I host is "and what food should I pair with that?". It used to be fairly black and white, well, red and white, but now all the rigid old-school rules of "drink red wine with meat and white wine with fish" have been thrown out the window. Not least because when you eat you don't just have an unseasoned, unaccompanied steak on your plate: usually it comes with sides (chips, loaded mash potatoes, creamed spinach, griddled asparagus

Happy New Year! Many people use January as time to reset, recharge and restart, I know because I have also dabbled in this in the past. I am always in awe of anyone who makes it through one week of hardcore cleansing and exercising, let alone the whole month. January is a tough month. We are all coming down from the various celebrations that occur in November and December; the bright and gaudy decs and lights are all disappearing; and although Winter Solstice left us with the

Three weeks before I was due back at work after nearly a year away on maternity leave my role was made redundant. What the fizz was I going to do now?? Fast forward 2 months and I have decided to throw myself head first into starting my own drinks experience business. And why not? I love wine and I love cocktails (who doesn't?!) and I love hearing the stories that surround them - families who have been tending their vineyards for 16 generations; a brewer and a winemaker who d