When planning Christmas dinner I always start with the best of good intentions. Quality before quantity, don’t go mad on the sauces, remember the vegetarians in our midst. Then I add a bit of this, because it was a big hit last year, a bit of that because my grandchildren love it, and a load […]
Fires have been rampaging through California’s Napa Valley in recent weeks, destroying thousands of acres of vine-growing country and causing severe damage to at least 20 wineries. The fires have also destroyed hundreds of homes and small businesses and claimed some lives, so wine is not top of their worry list just now. But it […]