February Wine and Food Posted: 5th March 2023 Like des Esseintes in J K Huysman’s dystopian novel A Rebours (Against Nature), I travel largely in my head these days. In January I was enjoying some refreshing Hunter Semillon on a...
Category - Wine and Food Diary of Giles MacDonogh
Australia and January Wine
Australia and January Wine Posted: 1st February 2023 You catch me writing, swaddled in a collection...
Reminiscing about Christmas Food & Wines 2022
Reminiscing about Christmas Food & Wines 2022 Posted: 3rd January 2023 We are getting old. The...
November Wines
November Wines Posted: 6th December 2022 The autumn tastings have ground to a halt. The wine trade...
The State of France
The State of France Posted: 7th October 2022 I got back from a few days in Provence in the middle...
Paris, Berlin, Munich
Paris, Berlin, Munich Posted: 7th September 2022 It has been a long time since I travelled so much...
Beer, Monasteries and Wine
Beer, Monasteries and Wine Written by Giles macDonogh Posted: 18th August 2022 Bavaria had its own...
Munich, Bavaria and Wine
Munich, Bavaria and Wine Posted: 1st July 2022 If all goes according to plan, this will be a German...
Getting Your Teeth into Austrian Wine
Getting Your Teeth into Austrian Wine Posted: 6th June 2022 I am well aware that wine tasting is...
The Return of the Sun
The Return of the Sun Posted: 3rd May 2022 The wine trade has been stretching its limbs after Covid...