Have you ever thought of getting yourself an electric wine opener? Perhaps you’ve never thought about it. If you go to a bar or restaurant, more often than not, you will see the bartender or waiter using a manual corkscrew. However, might it not be time-saving especially when opening several bottles at a gathering? In … Read more
Wine Coolers are all the rage nowadays but they have quite a history behind them that goes back further than I realised. If any of you are fans of the Antiques Roadshow you may have spotted a Cellaret once or twice – this is the origin of our present day Wine Cooler. Cellarets started life as wine tubs … Read more
Having looked into the future of wine bottles last week I thought it would be interesting to look at the past. Claret Jugs were a phenomenon of the Victorian and Edwardian age and were produced from about 1830 to 1920. Nowadays they are very collectible and can be found in a variety of beautiful styles and forms. … Read more
The British love a picnic – it conjures up lazy days under the hot sweet sun, but did you realise the French inv ented them? The origin of the word picnic is French (piquenique) and signifies an outing with food – similar to the word’s meaning in English. At these piqueniques, the people would all … Read more
