Blaufränkisch/Kékfrankos Posted: 1st Novemeber 2019 I became acquainted with the Central European grape variety Blaufränkisch at the beginning of the nineties, when I was working on my first book on Austrian wine. It was...
Category - Wine and Food Diary of Giles MacDonogh
From the Battlefields of the Somme to Provence
From the Battlefields of the Somme to Provence Posted: 2nd October 2019 At the beginning of last...
“Tramp Anniversary” and reminiscences about Marco...
Tramp Posted: 1st August 2019 Before last month I recall going to the famous London...
No Weddings, Two Funerals
No Weddings, Two Funerals Posted: 2nd July 2019 June was a month when the deaths of the near and...
Wine and Food in the Borderlands
Wine and Food in the Borderlands Posted: 4th June 2019 These days when I go to Austria I seldom...
Champagne
Champagne Posted: 1st May 2019 Back in the nineties I seemed to spend half my life padding around...
Disappearing Kentish Town
Disappearing Kentish Town Posted: 2nd April 2019 When I first moved to Kentish Town in central...
Gérard Basset
Gérard Basset Posted: 1st February 2019 Gérard Basset died from throat cancer this month. It is...
Giles MacDonogh to Lead- Champagne: vines, cellars and cuvées...
Giles MacDonogh to lead-Champagne: vines, cellars and cuvées – Reims, Épernay, Côte des...
The Spirit of Christmas Present
The Spirit of Christmas Present Posted: 2nd January 2019 Christmas is certainly not what it was...