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Scott Tucker got into organic farming thinking it would be a breeze. Two years later, he laughs at his naïveté. “Just shoot me,” joked the 60-year-old who runs Bermyfresh Farms with Martin Hatfield. “There’s nothing easy about organic farming.” It’s...

I like to look at the per capita consumption of wine as it gives me an idea of what percentage of the market Burrows Lightbourn has here. Figures from February of this year put us in 18th place out of about 200 countries. The 69,000 folks in Andor...

I have certainly written about the worldwide trend for fine rosé, especially from the Provence region of France. I have been thinking about this rather a lot as requests are coming in from the fleet about to assemble at our island. Serena Sutclif...

Last night was girls’ night and, in the usual way, we descended on a friend with a collection of dishes all based around a theme. This time we went Spanish, so there were olives and serrano and paella and salads ... and sangria, of course. I’d made...

We have featured International Malbec Day, April 17, in previous articles and you can pretty well take your choice as many of the over one thousand wine grape varieties seem to have their day. The day before the official start of the America’s Cup h...

A few months ago, over a very ordinary dinner of pasta and sauce, Belle announced that she knew what the F-word was. After choking on my glass of wine (and rapidly pouring another), I asked her to enlighten me. “Freakin!” she said, after which I brea...

Founded in 1986, J Vineyards & Winery owns 254 acres of prime vineyards in the Russian River Valley AVA of Sonoma County. Although they are particularly known for their sparkling wines and make a very full range of others, it is their pinot gris th...

I am not one to make excuses, but I must ask you not to mind if I address a subject once again that I wrote about on September 5, 2008. On some weeks my mind will just not come up with a brand new, never-before-discussed topic. I am thinking abou...

Once upon a time I had awful anxiety or rather, it had me. Worry and panic about God knows what became a running commentary in my brain, the backdrop to every single day. There would be a nanosecond, when I first woke up in the morning, when I would ...

The fitness industry evolved over the last few years making healthy lifestyles more accessible. Yet somehow, the new standard for “healthy” managed to be less attainable. New fitness terms have found their way into our everyday lives including the i...

An Onion Abroad It’s codfish and potatoes, but not as we know it. What could be more Bermudian than codfish and potatoes served up Sunday mornings with a boiled egg and sliced bananas. But did you know that this local delicacy is just as beloved in ...

Try new food in new places, find a chef to identify with and develop the skills to interact with people: this is just some of the advice for those hoping to make their way in the culinary profession. Dennis McIntosh, the award-winning executive chef ...