Ben's Adventures in Wine Making

Friday was not the most relaxing fun day that I have ever had. Two hours of it was spent lying back in a dentist's chair with my mouth w...

This was very much a mid-week bottle that lasted several days in the fridge. It was okay and served its purpose, but was not a memorable or ...

Sunday was Christmas Card Day - a day that I always dread. The principle of Christmas Cards is one that I wholeheartedly support, and I do e...

Chocolate and rhubarb wine is not a good mix. I was disappointed with my first glass: it had the taste of a wine that had aged badly; sour a...

Claire has been at a String Quartet course all weekend and on Saturday evening I was her guest for the private concert given by the Bingham ...

Today is the first day since 3rd March that I have not had stabbing pain in my jaw and that I have not been on a four-hourly diet of pai...

Sunday found me driving a 21 foot van to Whitby whilst wearing a Superman T-shirt. My colleagues had cycled from Morecambe to Whitby over 3 ...

Thursday nights are not generally nights to open and finish a bottle of wine. All I can say is "whoops". Both of us felt like we n...

Mostly I am on the mend. My cold has improved, I am neither shivering or feverish and my desire to flop into bed is only moderate. However, ...

I could not have had a Book Launch without a bottle of elderberry. It was, after all, this flavour that started me down the river of wine ma...