As cider lovers, we were excited to hear that The Stable has recently introduced a number of new Cider Tasting Experiences. These structured tasting sessions are aimed toward customers who want to understand more about this increasingly popular drink and provide drinkers with the opportunity to rate their ciders and…
Other Reviews
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Wine Tasting Basics with Emerging Vines
10th September 2017For the past few months I’ve been creating a lot of video content for French Wine Subscription service Le Petit Ballon. But despite my enthusiasm for their excellent wines, I’ve been meaning to learn more about English wines for quite some time. In particular, I felt that it was about time…
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Dalwood Vineyard in Photos
4th September 2017Dalwood Vineyard was first planted back in 2009/2010 by a small group of local villagers with an ambition to produce great English wines. Since then, the Devonshire vineyard has gained quite the local reputation and continues to produce some of the finest wines in the region. Dalwood offer visitors the opportunity…
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Fabulous New Cookery Books
4th September 2017Please note that this post contains Amazon affiliate links should you wish to purchase any of the titles below 🙂 If you’re anything like us, you probably have about a hundred recipe books stored in your kitchen cupboard that barely ever see the light of day. So, we’re starting…
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Le Petit Ballon August Review
23rd August 2017Each month we take to our Youtube Channel to review premium wine subscription service ‘Le Petit Ballon’. This month was no exception and we were excited to discover that the August theme was ‘Wine Cocktails‘… Wine Cocktails I loved this months theme and thought that the 8 Place du Marché was a…
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Ocean Breeze Wine Cocktail
23rd August 2017Inspired by this month’s Le Petit Ballon box, I decided to replicate Naomi Schimek’s Ocean Breeze cocktail. Now, before you say anything, I know that I ended up adding WAY too much pineapple to my version of the cocktail. However, I have to say that it tasted really, really good, and…
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Our Guide to Devon Meat & Veg Subscription Boxes
31st July 2017We all know the benefits of shopping locally to support British farmers who work hard to bring us fresh, nourishing produce. But in a world full of mammoth supermarkets – able to entice shoppers through their doors with the promise of cheap prices – we rarely take the time to…
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Riverford Subscription Boxes
30th July 2017It was during a routine stroll through Exeter last month that I found myself in the colorful Riverford Organics marque, signing up to receive one their weekly subscription boxes. The weekly shop isn’t exactly fun when you’ve got several hungry mouths to feed; so the promise of hand-selected meat &…
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Le Petit Ballon July Review
28th July 2017You’ll probably remember that last month we reviewed the June Le Petit Ballon box on our new Youtube channel. Well, we were pretty impressed by the quality of the wines and so we decided to continue our subscription in order to find out what speciality wines the July box would bring… Once again, we…
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Le Petit Ballon Review
27th June 2017From sparkling rosés to decadent reds – I love wine and I’m always on the lookout for new vineyards and labels to try. So I was excited to be approached by Le Petit Ballon last month to try their monthly wine subscription box and give them my thoughts. The concept was so simple…