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This is the blog of wine merchant and communicator, Caspar Bowes. Caspar's blog features reports on new vintages, new vinous discoveries and his general musings on the world of wine.
Green woodpeckers, his 'n' hers, on the lawn. In the foreground, Campanula pyramidalis, which has suddenly decided to be white after years of flowering blue We are surrounded by yaffles. They swoop down onto the lawn and probe about for the ants that live there. And they meet with great success; ou…
A merry - if hot and jaded - band being amply fed and watered in the garden of the Hinton Parva Village HallYesterday dawned bright, close and very warm. Mid-day found me wandering into the village hall at Hinton Parva from a steamy car park. The building's interior shade and relative cool was very …
Somerset House, a newly exploited venue for wine tastingsToday's been a little cooler: a relief for chubby, overheated babies and their (only slightly, in some cases) less chubby siblings and parents. The garden has started to take on that baked appearance, looking like it's high summer.Some weeks a…
The summer dawnInveigles its wayPastDoorman curtainsCircumnavigating its way'RoundThe guest listAltogetherFrom a drawer by my furrowed bedMy fingers fumble eye shadesBehind twice-weary lidsThey gather the darkAgain, my mind - the empty pageOn which dreams are drawn…
A wiggly glass thing in the fantasy world of the Atlantis Hotel lobbyI hosted a wine tasting for the Dubai Caledonian Society the other evening in a large room in the Dusit Thani Hotel. Completing their AGM at 8.45 or so, the combined throng were then ushered next door for nibbles and the staff set …
