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Now I know here in Britain we aren’t famous for our fabulous summer weather, but I can honestly tell you that as I write this blog the sun is shining and there are no clouds to speak of.  Naturally if I blink this will change but that’s English weather for …

Italy is without question a beautiful country which produces some amazing wines.  As a student studying with the WSET I found it one of the hardest countries to master.  The names of the local Italian grape varieties are slightly tricky, not to mention the names of the regions with their …

Port wine (also known as Vinho do Porto), put simply is a Portuguese fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal.  It is typically a sweet red wine very often served as a dessert wine.  Port wine lends itself particularly well with a powerful, …

Chardonnay with everything, well it is one of the most versatile and well-loved wines and certainly I was loving the versatility of my Chardonnay with lunch today.
The occasion was a wonderful treat with my husband at the gorgeous Pig Hotel in the New Forest, Hampshire for a late mid-week lunch. Happily …

Fine wine what actually is it?
Many hospitality establishments that I train WSET in refer to their Fine Wine List; so what wines go on that list, who decides what a fine wine is, and what do consumers think fine wine is?
When Googling fine wine the first page only gave me …

Sunday lunch wine pairing was this week’s wine adventure which was meeting a new friend whose responses to my wine choices for his lunch were ‘oh, oh, oh, heavenly’, this is when I really love having the knowledge and sharing it with friends.
For me pairing food and wine should be …

This past week I met with three friends all of who would often choose an Australian Shiraz over other wines if fancying a ‘nice glass of red’.
Shiraz, I have come to realise having talked to hundreds of wine lovers, is one of the most popular of red wines when people …

Last week’s blog had a little taster of Liguria; this week I reflect on the rest of the Portsmouth Wine Society’s event.
To summarise Puglia we can start by thinking of the difference in terrain compared to Liguria, in particular the southern part of the ‘boot’ which is flat and fertile, …

I was asked to do a wine tasting on any subject I fancied for the lively and welcoming Portsmouth Wine Society, decisions, decisions, but eventually I landed firmly on Italy. So a two-hour tasting on Italy …, I needed to narrow it down a bit further. The Wine Society are …

As far as I can tell, everyone else did their pairing wine and chocolate blogs before Easter! However, we at Enjoy Discovering Wine decided that you would eat cake at Easter, hence Julie’s blog on pairing wine with her Simnel Cake. Then you would start on the chocolate but be …