I’m going to share one of my favourite cocktails for you. I love making this. Cocktails are meant to be a little bit wicked and this one is no exception. This cocktail is also known as a Pornstar Martini, but I prefer to jut call it a Passionfruit Martini. This is really lip smacking really …
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Category:All Things Alcoholic
Although this page is a favourite of mine, because it is a good excuse to open a bottle of wine, it will also includes some fruit punches, kids cocktails and more boozy cocktails, in fact anything that I think that will appeal to my friends, as long as it comes out of a bottle or out of a juice carton. Quite importantly, I always have an eye open for bargain wines and special offers.
Susie’s Espresso Martini
Something different for you. We love having an espresso martini and they are so easy to make. This how I make it. I make it with my favourite toy, my Sage One Touch Coffee machine. It has spoilt me as now when I go anywhere I compare it with the coffee that I make. The …
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A Scottish Treat Today
Firstly I am not on the Keto diet with my husband John, I am however supporting him and planning his meals and cooking for him. I thought I would quickly share the meal we had this evening with you, to let you see as a couple how we still eat together and I simply adapt …
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Lockdown Needs A Few Bubbles
The other day we celebrated our wedding anniversary, usually we would have been off on an adventure somewhere for a few days. We decided that we must still celebrate! Normally it would have been a wonderful meal with wines at a very nice restaurant, so it has been different this year. Not wanting to cook our …
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Pouilly-Fume’
Saturday afternoon my ex boss is dropping in for drinks and a quick chat, well what do you serve people who are used to the best, I could not have gone wrong with this classic wine. Domaine Masson-Blondelet have been producing this for seven generations so I felt I should be in safe hands, this …
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The Arahura (Sauvignon Blanc)
I am still drinking wine, I promise, and can only say sorry for my lack of wine reviews. People who know me also know that the family have been going through a very hard time with our very sick granddaughter, writing has proven very difficult. Back to this delicious wine a Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough …
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Puisseguin Saint-Emilion
I have quite surprised myself to be reviewing another wine from France directly after my last review. Trust me it was not planned, but this wine is from the great Saint- Emilion area and Puisseguin is a small type of commune making really good wine. The wine is everything you would expect of this area, …
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Calvet Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2012
A stunning wine from Bordeaux, this makes a change for me as of late a lot of my wines have come from New Zealand and Australia. This Sauvignon Blanc has won silver in the wine challenge and wine writer Jancis Robinson reviewed this wine back in July 2013 as a quality wine for under £10. …
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Review: Ara Single Vineyard, Sauvignon Blanc
I am back in New Zealand with this classic Sauvignon Blanc. The Ara vineyard is in the most south-western corner of Marlborough and is a sustainably managed vineyard and this wine itself has far too many awards for me to mention, I felt intrigued about this wine and I checked out there website and it …
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REVIEW: Saint Vigni Cotes du Rhone Villages
Quite a long time since I reviewed a French wine, in fact I have been asked if I drink french wines! the answer is of course I do.Often when shopping for wine I simply find that a lot of the wines with really good deals on them are not the french ones. I drink wines that …
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REVIEW: Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon
California does it again for me, I have over the past two years drank some amazing wines from California this one from the Barefoot Cellars is a true delight and carries a gold medal for 2011 Ultimate Wine Challenge. A huge bonus is the price tag, this is very decent wine that I can pick …
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Rully Premier Cru
Sometimes it is really nice to have something rather special, this weekend we had Joseph Drouhin Rully Premier Cru and what a treat. From opening the bottle to the very last sip it thrilled our pallets, long deep complex over tones, it really made us smile. A beautiful elegant white burgundy, you can taste the …
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