Ben's Adventures in Wine Making

I have discovered that Claire thinks my onion cooking technique is poor. Apparently I don't let them fry for long enough - particularly ...

It has been a while since my wine has developed lumps of jelly. On the whole, solidified wine is not be be encouraged. I am hoping that they...

A Sunday night bottle to a Sunday night roast. We had a large chicken, of which we managed about a quarter, all manner of vegetables and f...

A televisual extravaganza and unusual pizza were the accompaniments to this bottle. Claire and I wrapped up warm, ventured into our Attic Ro...

I remember the last bottle of Quince Wine being on the verge of 'horrid'. This, however, was also on a verge - but of 'rather go...

Walking long distances was a feature of this bottle. On Sunday we walked 10-and-a-half miles up Pen-y-Ghent, and on Monday it was 12 miles t...

It is a Friday night and I am pleasantly wibbly. Whilst I write I am eating a mixed fruit cobbler (only a little burnt because we failed to ...

Perhaps it was not the best idea to drink an entire bottle of Crab Apple wine tonight - particularly as we also finished half a bottle of Bl...

I had not been planning on drinking tonight. It was our first day back from Rydal, and Rydal is always seven days of excess. Except Claire h...

We drank half of this bottle mostly watching Torchwood, which continues to be entertaining. The second half was drunk after possibly the mos...

Hurrah. Torchwood is back. I have spent either all week or two years looking forward to its return. The last series was so perfect and had s...