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Bordeaux: Come for the wine, stay for the caneles

22 November, 2011 By
Caneles in Bordeaux

Our trip to Bordeaux was well planned in every respect, except one: We flew instead of catching the train and this meant we couldn’t buy wine to take home. It was April 2007 and we were living in London. The airlines had recently imposed the ban on carrying liquids on board the flight. As we [...]

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Guest post: How to choose wine

5 June, 2008 By

This is a guest post from Jo, a wine enthusiast and a keen attender of wine tastings. She is particularly interested in Burgundy and has been on several trips to the area. She recently passed the Wine and Spirits Educational Trust intermediate exam on wine and spirits. Wine can be a rather daunting subject and [...]

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Carnival of Cities for 5 March 2008

5 March, 2008 By

This is my first time hosting the Carnival of Cities event here on Roaming Tales. I’m delighted to be invited to host and welcome anybody who is here for the first time, as well as regular readers. This is a blog carnival; one blog hosts, and other bloggers send in one of their posts that [...]

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Another glass of Chardy?

14 January, 2008 By

The Observer has proclaimed that Aussie Chardonnay is on the up, describing it as a “cutting edge” grape. I find this odd. I am Aussie and I love a good Chardy but I would hardly call it “cutting edge”. To me, it’s the classic 1990s drink and if anything I would have thought it was [...]

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