Category Archives: Cotes de Rhone

Time for a glass of red….

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Sipping my morning coffee in the sun kick starts my mental processes, gets the juices flowing, and pretty soon I’m thinking about food. I can’t imagine,  at least I try not to imagine, life without bread, cheese and wine. Each … Continue reading →

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The Vinpire sees red….

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

Vinpire:  a nocturnal creature that lives for the taste of fermented grape juice, as long as it’s red, and often finishes the evening trying to hang upside down from a beam or just falling down without making the effort of … Continue reading →

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Dean Martin isn’t drinking any more…

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

The fact that he is no longer amongst the quick somehow deadens the segue “…..but he isn’t drinking any less.” I have been drinking less of late and I’ve noticed that life without a drip feed of Cotes de Rhone … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, Brownies, Chocolate, Cooking, Cotes de Rhone, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Toast, Writing | 26 Comments

The Good Ceps Fairy makes a fleeting appearance…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Yesterday morning found me driving through the grey drizzle towards our local Lidl store. Not an auspicious start to a day, but not bad in comparison with recent mornings, but as my mobile rang I felt it might get worse. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ceps, Cooking, Cotes de Rhone, Digital photography, Food and Photography, France, French countryside, friendship, mushrooms, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Vendee, Writing | 11 Comments

Temple balls or how I foolishly drove out the money lenders

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

I don’t know what the money lenders were up to in the temple that got Him so irate, apart from lending money which has become humanity’s most important activity in the post biblical world. He might have been wiser to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cotes de Rhone, food, Food and Photography, grapes, Leek and potato soup, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Soup, Wine, Writing | 9 Comments