amateur de vin: a lover of wine

While most of the time I enjoy living alone (everything is exactly the way I want it, my home is lovely and to my taste, and if there's a...

Last week I received an email I’d been waiting for all summer – I was accepted to the Master of Wine study programme! Even now, after...

On April 11 I had the thrill of attending the 2022 WSET Graduation and Awards Ceremony in London. This was a bit of a journey, with the...

The last couple of months have been quite the whirlwind. I found myself in Sonoma for a work trip, followed by a week of bliss at an...

Tasting Today is a series of WSET-style tasting notes, based on their Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT). While the SAT can be used to...

This week we got in our first juice and grapes of the season. The first bit of harvest is always exciting, cementing the reality of the...

“In victory, you deserve Champagne. In defeat you need it.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte Well, I am pleased to report that today is a day of...

As the day my fate is decided looms ever nearer (the most dramatic way possible of saying, I'm desperate for my WSET exam results!), I...

Tasting Today is a series of WSET-style tasting notes, based on their Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT). While the SAT can be used to...

Welcome to a new (semi) regular series, Reading Between the Wines, in which I review a book and suggest a wine pairing (it is a tough job...

Tasting Today is a series of WSET-style tasting notes, based on their Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT). While the SAT can be used to...

Last month, I was back in the Napa Valley for the first time in over a year. It was surreal to be in a place that I know so well and yet...

Tasting Today is a series of WSET-style tasting notes, based on their Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT). While the SAT can be used to...