Priorat wine-the pleasurable detox
During the month, when everybody talks about greens, veggies, fruits, meat, gluten and dairy free, I can only blend my blog with this topic and suggest a simple recipe for a winter detox - go for red grape juice. Red wines has been through long observations in have...
Your New Year is like a Wine Making story
I met in person 5 amazing men during 2016 – Tony Robbins, Seth Godin, James Altucher, Ramit Sethi and Daymond John. All of them inspired me to create even bigger aspirations for myself and I would like to share at least 10 things on my blog, that I have learned from...
My Christmas Wine Advent Calendar
24th of December Christmas Eve, a day to reflect on the events that shaped your year, on the things that are important for you, on the lessons learnt and the people, who influenced your life. I am coming from Eastern Europe and we start the big celebrations on the...
The Art of Hosting – 10 Tips for a great party
I love Xmas parties with friends and it is not about the food and drinks, it is about togetherness. But most of the time interesting food is a big part of the entertainment. I have hosted loads of parties in my life, especially when I work in Media. I have developed...
My Portuguese Xmas Love affair
Portuguese Wines are ultimate pleasure to research and talk about. They are heavily underrated and underpriced in comparison to other European wines of the same class. To me they are pure excitement and challenge for every sommelier, as they always hide away a...
Christmas on Columbia Road
Every Wednesday until Christmas, the famous road with it's flower market, becomes a Christmas fairytale. This place takes you back in time with it's vintage and designer independent shops. Christmas Wednesdays at Columbia is a unique event, just because this...
Port Wine is your Christmas Grand Finale
Port wine originates from Portugal and the magnificent Duro Valley. It is a blend of black grape varieties. The process of making emphasises on the rapid extraction of colour and tannins from the skins, during a short period of fermentation. Port like Sherry is a...
Thanksgiving Turkey for Xmas
My gorgeous cousin Mariana Rose has managed to impress 25 guests with home-made turkey for Thanksgiving. She is outstanding cook and amazing hostess. The turkey was so juicy and full of flavours, perfectly suitable to wow everyone for Christmas and today she is my...
From Thanksgiving to Xmas can be sexy with Napa
Napa Valley wines are special. They share history of a great nation and great wine ambitions – to create the New World wine landmark. Anyone who has been around Napa Valley knows how magical this place is and how rich in every way California is for food and wine, a...
Christmas in a Glass
3 Facts about Mulled Wine + 1 Great Way to Make It Origin The very first use of the world “mull” (meaning “to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices”) was dated by Merriam-Webster back to 1618, but the concept excited centuries before that. It is said that in ancient...
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