Simon Reilly
- Dec 10, 2017
- 3 min
Keep it in the family
This article was originally published in Issue 16 of Root + Bone magazine. Illustration by Ellis Van Der Does When writing about Sicily one must do so with caution. I don’t know how many mafiosos read Root + Bone but one loose word from me that inadvertently disrespects the family could see a body part being posted through my letter box. However, some of the wines coming out of Sicily just now are so exciting that I’m willing to put myself in the firing line to aide your vino
Simon Reilly
- Dec 9, 2017
- 5 min
Wineloon's wines for Christmas - Part 2
If you read last week’s whistle stop tour around Wineloon’s tips to the best value fizz and whites you have probably since been to Sainsbury’s to bag some cheap booze and hopefully made some online acquisitions, or even better visited some of the independent wine shops I mentioned. Whatever happened, I trust you now have enough champagne and white wine to drown a turkey. With that in hand, you now need to think about some reds and something sweet or fortified for the Christma
Simon Reilly
- Dec 2, 2017
- 4 min
Wineloon's wines for Christmas - Part 1
When does something become annual? I wrote a Wineloon’s wines for Christmas this time last year and I am writing one now. Is this an annual occurrence or have I just done it twice? If I do it next year it will definitely be annual, but the jury is out on this year. The jury is also bored shitless of this tedious, drawn out introduction and wants to hear what they should be buying to drink with their turkey this year. Right, here goes… Fizz If you don’t drink Champagne for bre
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