Simon Reilly
- Oct 4, 2016
- 3 min
Is craft wine a thing?
There has been a bit of talk about craft wine in the wine press in the last week or so. Both Jancis Robinson and Victoria Moore wrote last week about how the wine industry can perhaps get some marketing tips from the craft beer boom. This was largely driven by the release last week of Aldi's "craft wine" range. These are four wines made to look like craft beers. Beer bottles, beer caps and craft beer style labels. The only problem is the price. Aldi has priced a 500ml bottle
Simon Reilly
- Mar 28, 2016
- 4 min
Holiday wines at L'escargots Blanc,
Edinburgh
After a brutal 11 hour drive from SE London to Edinburgh on Thursday night as part of our annual family tour of duty round the Scottish Wineloon clan, we were in need of some consoling. A night out in Edinburgh on Saturday with some old friends, no children and lots of booze was needed. It started off badly. My sister suggested trying a "secret gin bar" in the west end for an overpriced, preprandial gin & tonic. This sounds cool and trendy until you get there and realise its
