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Today we will take a trip to the Loire Valley. Once inhabited by Neanderthals it is now known as “the Cradle of the French” and “the Garden of France”, the latter because of its vineyards, fruit orchards and even asparagus farms. This is also the hom...

Doing my best to get inspired from home and have had a look at what the hard-hit French are doing. After all, they have consumed more rosé wine than white for a few years now. They have obviously not been in a mood to celebrate and in April, champag...

The Government is considering expanding Bermuda’s potential for farming and fishing, Walter Roban told the House of Assembly today. A study will be carried out on opportunities for “under produced but locally desired produce”, while the Government wi...

An environmental charity has pleaded with the public to follow fishing regulations to protect the island’s marine life. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce said policies to ensure the long-term health of Bermuda’s waters should be foll...

Just imagine. My first memory of being taken to a fine-dining restaurant was as a very small boy. An American friend (we thought all Americans were rich) took my mother and I out for a rare treat and, as cars were few and far between then, we left ou...

Last week we featured wineries, that out of the hundreds of thousands worldwide, were selected to be among the top 50. Taking first place overall was Catena, followed by Penfolds, Torres and 19 Crimes. Today, I will share information on another fiv...

I have often been told that the wine trade was a fortunate choice as folks will not only have a glass to celebrate good times, but also if they need a little cheering up. According to a Nielsen survey, the US wine market increased by 27.6 per cent i...

Let’s finish the progression from a few weeks ago, where we started with very small production wines, to our most recent column when we featured some of our biggest brands. This week I would like to tell you how a $5,000 loan grew into the world’s b...

A few weeks ago I wrote about very small production wines and so today I thought that we could read about the other end of the spectrum. I often refer to these major worldwide brands as “the wines that helped pay for our sons to get educated”. No ea...

Fresh produce is abundant in Bermuda, the island’s farmers said this week. Tom Wadson explained: “This is prime time for everything, and it is increasing daily. Everybody is into a pretty serious harvest. Good food is available now.” Newly harvested ...

I asked The Royal Gazette if they still wanted me to submit an article for today and they replied in the affirmative. One friend suggested that I write about the antiseptic character of alcohol and so on, but I feel that if I can cause a chuckle or ...

It is difficult to get an up-to-date picture of wine imports to China, as their overall consumption grew by about 80 per cent between 2013 and 2018 and their own acres of vineyards are now firmly in second place worldwide. It is challenging to say wh...