Chris Baker on Ernest Hemingway and Bordeaux
Ernest Hemingway dined at Chateau Margaux and drank an impeccable 1920’s vintage. He sniffed, sipped and swallowed, commenting in true Hemingway style that the wine was “not bad at all”…
Read Moreby parbakeandprose | Apr 18, 2018 | Guest post | 1
Ernest Hemingway dined at Chateau Margaux and drank an impeccable 1920’s vintage. He sniffed, sipped and swallowed, commenting in true Hemingway style that the wine was “not bad at all”…
Read Moreby parbakeandprose | Dec 29, 2017 | Guest post | 0
A Christmas Carol continued a long tradition of sharing scary supernatural tales during Yuletide. This next story, like many others, reveals the darker side of a winter forest…
Read Moreby parbakeandprose | Dec 3, 2017 | Guest post | 0
Since it’s finally the season for mulling, Chris Baker tells us a bit about the history of cider and its production in England and France…
Read Moreby parbakeandprose | Nov 3, 2017 | Guest post | 0
In Tudor times, beer drinking was the norm, but those who could afford it drank the strong, fortified Spanish wines known as sack or sherris-sack…
Read Moreby parbakeandprose | Sep 20, 2017 | Guest post | 0
Direct descendants of Dante Alighieri have produced wine at the Casal dei Ronchi estate in the Veneto for more than 21 generations…
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