Wow is the best way to describe this wine and then it has got to be give me more! My daughter bought me this bottle last week as a little thank you present, I came home cooked a simple pasta and pesto supper, then sat down with my glass of wine. I had the first mouthful …
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Month:October 2012
Review: Busy Bee Candles
I am a regular tweeter on twitter and that is how I came across Busy Bee Candles, I saw lots of tweets from people stating how good they were. The other thing I really liked about them is there practise of relationship marketing, they make sure they chat to their customers, everyone is special. I …
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Hospitals & Halloween
It has been the strangest week, very calm and very ordered yet such an emotional roller-coaster, I am very pleased it is over. On Thursday we had to take Paige, my eldest grandaughter to Southampton Hospital for the day, she had a pain relief procedure done. This meant she has to have a full anesthetic and …
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Brasato al Barolo ~ Braised Beef With Red Wine
Barolo is the king of Italian wines, is supposed to give the maximum flavour to meat and other dishes. Good Scottish beef, full of wonderful taste and tenderness, combines perfectly with the wine, producing this outstanding dish. I served this dish to friends of ours a few years ago, to this day they still talk …
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Life On The Farm
Review: Beales Hotel, Hatfield
The hotel is family owned and ran, along with a sister hotel about 20 minutes from this one. The hotel sells itself as contemporary which it is, it is also classy and unpretentious, modern to look at in the most attractive way. The service is friendly yet very professional, I felt very comfortable from the …
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Review: Lion’s Gate Sauvignon Blanc Semillion
This Sauvignon Blanc came from Tesco’s again in the half price offers, I paid £4.49 for it. I love a glass of chilled white wine at any time of day, this wine is best described as elegant, nothing about it says plonk! From the western cape of South Africa the wine makes you think of …
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Congratulations Jo & Happy Birthday Designed-Solutions Ltd
Where has the last twelve months gone? I feel I have blinked and it’s gone, it feels like yesterday I was telling everyone that John was setting up his own company and this week we are now celebrating it’s 1st birthday, JH Designed-Solutions Ltd is a year old. The year has not been easy striving against …
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Free guide
Just found a guide which is free to all blue badge holders, I have just sent for it for Paige and wanted to let you all know, so if you have anyone with a blue badge get this free guide. The guide gives details of accessibility for wheelchair uses, it names places that it knows …
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