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I know that I mention Mollydooker Carnival of Love every year, but it is so appropriate for this day. The 2014 vintage that we currently stock is described in this way by its maker: “Luscious cherry, blackberry and plum jam fruit flavours marry toget...

Let me share some information on the favourite grape in our home. We are not alone as it is the most planted worldwide even though, historically, it is rather the new kid on the block. It all happened in the seventeenth century when, accidentally, a ...

Chris Faria caught the farming bug while working as a greenhouse manager at Aberfeldy Nursery and as a farm labourer for Amaral Farms. A trip through Asia gave him insight into farming in agrarian communities where small-scale farmers grow food for ...

It all started back in 1652 when the Dutch East India Company planted vines in South Africa. This was done so that grapes and wine could be given to sailors during their voyage along the Spice Route. The vitamin C in fresh fruit warded off scurvy; si...

I have seen a description of grappa that compares its transition to the fairytale of Cinderella. Poor and in rags, with the help of her fairy godmother, she became a beautifully dressed young lady who won the heart of a prince at the ball. A 1997 New...

Petite sirah is one of the world’s least planted grapes, and there is probably more in California than anywhere else. First created in France about one hundred and fifty years ago from a cross between syrah and the almost extinct peloursin, it is so...

The owner of a dairy farm that has attracted hundreds of complaints from neighbours about foul smells has told them he planned to move more than a quarter of his herd to a new location. Paul Almeida, who bought Devonshire’s Green Land Farm last year...

I really enjoy opening an old bottle of wine and thinking of all that has taken place since the grapes were ripening on the vine. For instance, I had strategically placed a double magnum of 1990 Cignale on our kitchen island before Neil and Maria Em...

A new booklet designed to highlight local food and produce has hit the market. The Bermuda Food Harvest Almanac, developed by the Bermuda Tourism Authority with the help of farmers, fishermen and beekeepers, details when the best fish, fruit and vege...

You wish to take a wine gift with you for Christmas dinner and you cannot decide on red, white or rosé — so don’t. Pay $26.10 and hand them a bottle of Momokawa g 50 Genshu sake. They will try not to look at you as if you are loco; enlighten them w...

I am thinking party time as well as roast turkey and so would like to make a few suggestions that you may not have considered but first, let’s go for the obvious — champagne. It can be wonderful as an aperitif. Because of its acidity and tiny bubbles...

Wouldn’t it be fabulous to give an important friend or associate one hundred years in a single gift? All you must do is purchase a bottle of 10, 20, 30 and 40-year-old Graham’s tawny port. Let me see if I can persuade you to do so by supplying a few...