It’s already a week since I returned from my ‘Fabulous Ladies Tour of Champagne’ and I am having trouble even believing that the whole trip happened now that I am back to cutting lunches and making beds! So much happened in that last week that it whirled by in an instant. Following our trip to…
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I’m in a Champagne State of Mind!
Well. Here I am! I’ve been pinching myself daily, but I am in the little village of Rilly-la-Montagne, in the Montagne de Reims, sipping Tsarine Rose champagne in a claw foot bath. We have been clocking up the champagne experiences since I arrived in Europe last Monday and every day has had at least one…
Mellow or Malo – learning the lingo!
Have you ever been at a champagne tasting and heard someone very knowledgeably say “This has a bit of Malo in it”? Then have you continued to sip your glass and wonder what on earth it is that they are talking about? “Mellow?” you would be forgiven for wondering. But none of us really want…
Champagne dreams and white fluffy towels
I love nothing more than wrapping myself up in a white fluffy towel after stepping out of a relaxing bath. In fact, I once had dreams of writing “The White Fluffy Towel Index of World Hotels”. I saw myself travelling the world and rating all the hotels I was lucky enough to stay in purely…
Drink Pink – La Vie en Rosé
October is a great month. While everybody is encouraged to ‘Think Pink’ for Breast Cancer Awareness, I like to take that one step further and ‘Drink Pink’, and feel a little bit blue, for two causes very close to my heart. October is also Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and Monday October 14 is…
A little *CLINK!* from above
I think I had a little *CLINK!* from above on Bastille Day. I really do! I know I’ve been a little stressed lately, and some of you will now use this as proof that I have really lost the plot, but something very strange happened, and I can only think of one explanation. This year,…
When the champagne and the stars align
Sometimes the most mundane of days take an unexpected turn. This happened to me recently, and I am sure that it was the magic of champagne making the stars align. When we moved to Australia, my husband decided to set up a small import business to bring some gourmet products from France to the local…
Disaster to triumph and a bottle of Mumm
Sometimes the most highly anticipated meals don’t go quite as planned, and neither do the wines that were chosen to accompany them. This happened to me a few years ago, but I was able to turn my disaster into triumph in the most unanticipated way. And it was all a due to a rather old…
